Sustainable irrigated agricultural production of countries in economic transition: Challenges and opportunities (A case study of Uzbekistan, Central Asia)

Agricultural Production

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 139-161

  Rakhmatullaev, Shavkat ^a,b   Huneau, Frédéric ^b   Le Coustumer, Philippe ^b   Motelica Heino, Mikael ^c  

^a TASHKENT INSTITUTE OF IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION ENGINEERS   (Uzbekistan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; Central asia; Cotton production; Irrigated agriculture; Soil and water pollution; Wwater users' associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891962736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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