Appropriate cropping pattern as an approach to enhancing irrigation water efficiency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 224-232

  Alzahrani, Khodran H ^a   Muneer, Siddig E ^a   Taha, Alla S ^a   Baig, Mirza B ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Demand management; Food security; Irrigation water; Relative advantage; Saudi arabia; Scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861444993     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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