Water-milk nexus in India: A path to a sustainable water future?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-108

  Amarasinghe, Upali A ^a   Shah, Tushaar ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Consumptive water use; Crop diversification; Groundwater irrigation; India; Milk production; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FODDER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; MILK PRODUCTION; RECHARGE; RICE; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84868250194     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.620336     Document Type: Article

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