Characterising rice-based farming systems to identify opportunities for adopting water efficient cultivation methods in Tamil Nadu, India

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1851-1860

  Senthilkumar, K ^a   Bindraban, P S ^a   de Boer, W ^a   de Ridder, N ^a   Thiyagarajan, T M ^b   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Rice Research Station   (India)

Author keywords

Farm typology; Principal component analysis; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCTION; BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FARM SCALE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER ISSUES; GOVERNMENT POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTION BUILDING; LAND USE PATTERN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS; REGIONAL SCALE; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE PRODUCTION; RULES AND REGULATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TAMIL NADU; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAINING AND EDUCATION; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE; WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION;

ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MACHINERY; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FARMS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; RICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349246303     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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