Comparative evaluation of crop water use efficiency, economic analysis and net household profit simulation in arid Northwest China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-345

  Fan, Yubing ^a,c   Wang, Chenggang ^b   Nan, Zhibiao ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative evaluation; Economic analysis; Furrow irrigation; Household profit simulation; Water use efficiency; WUE ET relationship

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FURROW IRRIGATION; HOUSEHOLD PROFIT SIMULATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WUE-ET RELATIONSHIP;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD SURVEY; FURROW IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; RURAL POLICY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; GANSU; MINQIN;

EID: 84908555602     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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