Impacts of changing cropping pattern on virtual water flows related to crops transfer: A case study for the Hetao irrigation district, China

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2992-3000

  Liu, Jing ^a,b   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Wang, Yubao ^a,b   Zhao, Xining ^a,b,c   Sun, Shikun ^a,b,c   Cao, Xinchun ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center of Water Saving and Irrigation Technology   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Grain crop; Irrigation area; Non grain crop; Virtual water

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CROP; ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WATER FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84917737773     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6645     Document Type: Article

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