The temporal and spatial variability of water footprint of grain: A case study of an irrigation district in China from 1960 to 2008

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1246-1251

  Sun, Shikun ^a,b,c,d   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Wang, Yubao ^b,c   Zhao, Xining ^a,b,c   Liu, Jing ^b,c   Zhang, Xiaohong ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e The Administration of Hetao irrigation district of Inner Mongolia   (China)

Author keywords

Blue water; China; Grain; Green water; Irrigation district; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SECURITY; GRAIN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84873487888     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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