Irrigating with arsenic contaminated groundwater in West Bengal and Bangladesh: A review of interventions for mitigating adverse health and crop outcomes

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-99

  Senanayake, Nari ^a   Mukherji, Aditi ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arsenic mitigation interventions; Bangladesh; Groundwater irrigation; Systematic review; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; ARSENIC-RICH GROUNDWATER; BANGLADESH; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEST BENGAL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMEDIATION; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CROP PLANT; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84893104271     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.12.015     Document Type: Review

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