Do investments in water management research pay? An analysis of water management research in India

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-612

  Palanisami, K ^a   Kakumanu, K R ^a   Kumar, D Suresh ^b   Challamuthu, S ^b   Chandrasekaran, B ^c   Ranganathan, C R ^b   Giordano, Mark ^d  

^a South Asia Regional Office   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Economic surplus; Research investment; Returns to water management research; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865791904     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.123     Document Type: Article

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