Financial feasibility of implementing regulated and sustained deficit irrigation in almond orchards

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 931-941

  Alcon, Francisco ^a   Egea, Gregorio ^b   Nortes, Pedro A ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; IRRIGATION REGIMES; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION; SIMULATION OUTPUTS; SUSTAINED DEFICIT IRRIGATIONS;

COST ACCOUNTING; EXPERIMENTS; PROFITABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCE; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION; PROFITABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SIMULATION; WATER USE;

SPAIN;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84881612157     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-012-0369-6     Document Type: Article

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