Enhancing water productivity for poverty alleviation: Role of capitals and institutions in the ganga basin

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue S1, 2011, Pages 133-151

  Clement, Floriane ^a   Haileslassie, Amare ^b   Ishaq, Saba ^a   Blümmel, Michael ^b   Murty, M V R ^b   Samad, Madar ^a   Dey, Sanjiib ^c   Das, Himangshu ^c   Khan, M A ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c PRADAN   (India)

^d ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR EASTERN REGION   (India)

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EID: 84876095237     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479710000827     Document Type: Article

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