Water footprint benchmarks for crop production: A first global assessment

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 214-223

  Mekonnen, Mesfin M ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CURRENT PRODUCTION; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION WATERS; REDUCTION TARGETS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84904635024     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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