Improving on-farm water management through an irrigation scheduling service

Irrigation Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-319

  Montoro, A ^a   Lopez Fuster P ^a   Fereres, E ^b  

^a Instituto Tecnico Agronomico Provincial de Albacete   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY SERVICES; BENEFITS AND COSTS; CENTRAL SPAIN; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; GENERAL INFORMATION; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; IRRIGABLE AREAS; IRRIGATION ADVISORY SERVICES; IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; LEVEL OF SERVICE; PUBLIC FUNDS; SCHEDULING SERVICE; WATER USE;

EARNINGS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SCHEDULING; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARABLE LAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GUIDELINE; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC SPENDING; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ALBACETE [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN;

EID: 79958266774     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-010-0235-3     Document Type: Article

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