Overcoming growing water scarcity: Exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-199

  Amarasinghe, Upali A ^a   Malik, R P S ^a   Sharma, Bharat R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Consumptive water use; Deficit irrigation; Supplemental irrigation; Water productivity; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

INDIA;

EID: 77955379993     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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