Drivers for efficient water use in agriculture: An empirical analysis of family farms in Almería, Spain

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 31-44

  Piedra Muñoz, Laura ^a   Vega López, Laura L ^b   Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^a   Zepeda Zepeda, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

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EID: 85040336611     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479716000661     Document Type: Article

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