Villains or heroes? Farmers' adjustments to water scarcity

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-431

  Molle, François ^a   Venot, Jean Philippe ^b,e   Lannerstad, Mats ^c   Hoogesteger, Jaime ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Conjunctive use; Coping strategies; Drought; Resilience; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650506955     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.500     Document Type: Article

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