Livestock and water: Understanding the context based on the comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Bossio, Deborah ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Irrigation; Land degradation; Livestock water productivity; Rainfed agriculture; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650954363     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ09001     Document Type: Article

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