Sustainable irrigation: How did irrigated agriculture in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin adapt in the Millennium Drought?

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-162

  Kirby, Mac ^a   Bark, Rosalind ^a   Connor, Jeff ^a   Qureshi, M Ejaz ^b   Keyworth, Scott ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ACIAR   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought; Irrigation; Water trade

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION;

ADAPTATION; AUSTRALIA; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MILLENNIUM DROUGHTS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; WATER TRADES;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84908391075     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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