Sustainable groundwater management in Pakistan: Challenges and pportunities

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Qureshi, Asad Sarwar ^a   Gill, Mushtaq A ^b   Sarwar, Asrar ^b  

^a Central Asia Office   (Uzbekistan)

^b Punjab Agricultural Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Demand management; Groundwater management; Irrigated agriculture; Pakistan; Supply management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952893351     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.455     Document Type: Article

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