China’s water for food under growing water scarcity

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 933-949

  Huang, Feng ^a   Liu, Zhong ^a   Ridoutt, Bradley G ^b   Huang, Jing ^c   Li, Baoguo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; Crop water consumption; Crop water productivity; Crop water use efficiency; Food security; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

EID: 84942877155     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0494-1     Document Type: Article

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