Constraints and opportunities for water savings and increasing productivity through Resource Conservation Technologies in Pakistan

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 187, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-115

  Ahmad, Mobin ud Din ^a   Masih, Ilyas ^b   Giordano, Mark ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Groundwater irrigation; Laser land leveling; Rice wheat cropping system; Spatial scale; Water saving; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FOOD SUPPLY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WHEAT;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84899078574     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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