Climate change and water supplies: Options for sustaining tank irrigation potential in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 26-27, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Palanisami, K ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^b   Giordano, Mark ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84855916403     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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