Decision support system to maximize economic value of irrigation water at the Egyptian governorates meanwhile reducing the national food gap

Water Science

Volumn 27, Issue 54, 2013, Pages 1-18

  El Gafy, Inas K ^a   El Ganzori, Akram M ^b   Mohamed, Ali I ^c  

^a NWRC Administration Building   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c Agricultural Research Centre   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Decision support system; Economic value; Irrigation water; Linear programming; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928695536     PISSN: 11104929     EISSN: 23570008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsj.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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