Meta-analysis evaluating water use, water saving, and water productivity in irrigated production of rice with SRI vs. standard management methods

Taiwan Water Conservancy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 14-49

  Jagannath, Pratyaya ^a   Pullabhotla, Hemant ^b   Uphoff, Norman ^c  

^a KABIL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation water productivity; Reductions in irrigation requirements; System of rice intensification; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION WATERS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS; SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATIONS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CROPS; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER SUPPLY;

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PADDY FIELD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84890955916     PISSN: 04921505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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