Groundwater: A global assessment of scale and significance

Water for Food Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 395-424

  Shah, Tushaar ^a   Burke, Jacob ^b   Villholth, Karen ^c   Angelica, Maria ^c   Custodio, Emilio ^c   Daibes, Fadia ^c   Hoogesteger, Jaime ^c   Giordano, Mark ^c   Girman, Jan ^c   van der Gun, Jack ^c   Kendy, Eloise ^c   Kijne, Jacob ^c   Llamas, Ramon ^c   Masiyandama, Mutsa ^c   Margat, Jean ^c   Marin, Luis ^c   Peck, John ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Sharma, Bharat ^c   Vincent, Linden ^d   Wang, Jinxia ^c   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Water Engineering at Wageningen University ^*

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849773799     Document Type: Chapter

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