Agricultural water poverty index and sustainability

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-431

  Forouzani, Masoumeh ^a   Karami, Ezatollah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural water poverty; Iran; Sustainable agriculture; Water management sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARID REGION; GUIDELINE; INDEX METHOD; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

IRAN;

EID: 80054805123     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2010026     Document Type: Review

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