Building a climate resilient farm: A risk based approach for understanding water, energy and emissions in irrigated agriculture

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 729-745

  Jackson, T M ^a,b   Hanjra, Munir A ^a   Khan, S ^c   Hafeez, M M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Irrigation method; Sensitivity; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY USE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053175695     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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