The karkheh river basin: The food basket of iran under pressure

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-544

  Ahmad, Mobin ud Din ^a   Giordano, Mark ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Livestock water productivity; Poverty; Water availability; Water management; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149392761     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2010.510326     Document Type: Article

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