Groundwater markets under the water scarcity and declining watertable conditions: The upland Balochistan Region of Pakistan

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-32

  Khair, Syed M ^a   Mushtaq, Shahbaz ^b   Culas, Richard J ^c   Hafeez, Mohsin ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balochistan; Groundwater decline; Informal groundwater markets; Logit model; Sustainable cropping system

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; UPLAND REGION; WATER PLANNING; WATER TABLE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WELL WATER;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84855772497     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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