Assessing the design of a model-based irrigation advisory bulletin: The importance of end-user participation

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 228-240

  Tapsuwan, Sorada ^a,b   Hunink, Johannes ^c   Alcon, Francisco ^d   Mertens Palomares, Aafke N ^d   Baille, Alain ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FutureWater   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agriculture; Barriers; Citrus; Decision support tool; Water resource

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 84926656982     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.1887     Document Type: Article

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