Indicators and framework for analysing the technical and economic performance of irrigation systems at farm level

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 58, Issue 3 SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Le Grusse, P H ^a   Mailhol, J C ^b   Bouaziz, A ^c   Zairi, A ^d   Raki, M ^c   Chabaca, M ^e   Djebbara, M ^e   Ruelle, P ^b  

^a UMR G EAU   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^e Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Agronomic performance; Economic performance; Farm level; Hydraulic performance; Irrigation performance; Synthetic indicators representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649086526     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.532     Document Type: Article

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