Spatial mapping of agricultural water productivity using the swat model in Upper Bhima catchment, India

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-79

  Garg, Kaushal K ^a   Bharati, Luna ^b   Gaur, Anju ^c   George, Biju ^d   Acharya, Sreedhar ^e   Jella, Kiran ^b   Narasimhan, B ^e  

^a International Water Management Institute Nepal   (Nepal)

^b International Water Management Institute Patancheru   (India)

^c WORLD BANK   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Crop water productivity; Hydrological modelling; SWAT; Ujjani Irrigation Scheme; Upper Bhima; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856645331     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.618     Document Type: Article

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