Water savings in irrigated agriculture: A framework for assessing technology and management options to reduce water losses

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-91

  Hess, T M ^a   Knox, J W ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Consumptive use; Efficiency; Soil; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880630068     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2013.0130     Document Type: Article

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