Impact of policies designed to enhance efficiency of water and nutrients on farm households varying in resource endowments in south India

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 41-52

  Senthilkumar, K ^a   Bindraban, P S ^a   De Ridder, N ^a   Thiyagarajan, T M ^b   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Rice Research Station   (India)

Author keywords

Farm typology; Farmer livelihoods; Labour productivity; Nutrient productivity; Partial nutrient balance; Profitability; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE USE; STATE ROLE; TYPOLOGY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84860750957     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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