Towards development of eco-agriculture of rainwater-harvesting for supplemental irrigation in the semi-arid loess plateau of China

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Zhao, X N ^a   Wu, P T ^a   Feng, H ^a   Wang, Y K ^a   Shao, H B ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Conservation agriculture; Eco agriculture; Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation; Runoff agriculture; Semi arid Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RAINWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 70350453196     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2009.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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