Rainwater harvesting for agriculture in the dry areas

Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-276

  Oweis, Theib Y ^a   Prinz, Dieter ^b   Hachum, Ahmed Y ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

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EID: 85055796576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12351     Document Type: Book

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