Less water, more grain in dry Hebei Province, China

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 861-872

  Jia, Shaofeng ^a   Ge, Zhen ^b   Fang, Xing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food security; grain output; Hebei Province; irrigation water use; water productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858141878     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.628570     Document Type: Article

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