Application of Virtual Water Trade to Evaluate Cropping Pattern in Arid Regions

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4061-4074

  Karandish, Fatemeh ^a   Salari, Samira ^a   Darzi Naftchali, Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blue VW; Food security; Spatial cultivation prioritization; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMMERCE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; MOBILE SECURITY; OILS AND FATS; VEGETABLES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BLUE VW; CROPPING PATTERNS; FOOD SECURITY; OPTIMAL CROPPING PATTERN; PRIORITIZATION; VIRTUAL WATER TRADE; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD SAFETY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

IRAN; SISTAN;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84938981925     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1045-4     Document Type: Article

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