Does reliability of water resources matter in the adoption of water-saving irrigation practices? A case study in the Zhanghe irrigation system, China

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 661-679

  Mushtaq, Shahbaz ^a,b   Khan, Shahbaz ^b,c   Hafeez, Mohsin ^b   Hanjra, Munir A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Alternate wetting and drying; Censored Tobit regression; Reliability; Water productivity; Water saving irrigation practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149123622     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.033     Document Type: Article

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