Towards sustainable irrigated Mediterranean agriculture: implications for water conservation in semi-arid environments

Water International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 635-648

  García Tejero, Iván Francisco ^a   Durán Zuazo, Víctor Hugo ^a   Muriel Fernández, José Luis ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

food security; Spain; water policy; water prices; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907592682     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.931753     Document Type: Article

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