Comparison of water use in global milk production for different typical farms

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-21

  Sultana, M N ^a,b   Uddin, M M ^b   Ridoutt, B G ^c   Peters, K J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

International comparison; Typical dairy farming system; Water management; Water scarcity; Water use

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MILK PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84903906223     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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