The danger of naturalizing water policy concepts: Water productivity and efficiency discourses from field irrigation to virtual water trade

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-26

  Boelens, Rutgerd ^a   Vos, Jeroen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Irrigation projects; Productivity; Water allocation; Water policy; Water rights; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION PROJECTS; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER POLICY; WATER RIGHTS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMALLHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

EID: 84859479223     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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