Water regulation, crop production, and agricultural water management-Understanding farmer perspectives on irrigation efficiency

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-8

  Knox, J W ^a   Kay, M G ^b   Weatherhead, E K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RTCS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Benchmarking; Irrigation; Regulation; Scheduling; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; AUDIT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY; ENGLAND; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; HIGH QUALITY WATER; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE; LOW COSTS; POLICY FRAMEWORK; REGULATION; REGULATORY PRESSURE; RURAL COMMUNITY; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; UNIFORMITY; WATER EFFICIENCY; WATER REGULATION; WATER SECTOR; WATER USE;

ABSTRACTING; BENCHMARKING; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; FARMS; SCHEDULING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

BENCHMARKING; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; IRRIGATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859486207     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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