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Water Productivity in Agriculture - Limits and Opportunities for Improvement

English · Hardback

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Klappentext Focusing on both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture! this book gives a state-of-the art review of the limits and opportunities for improving water productivity in crop production. It demonstrates how the efficiency of water use can be enhanced to maximize yields. Inhaltsverzeichnis A water productivity framework for understanding and action; economics of water productivity in managing water for agriculture; the concept of efficiency in water resources management and policy; rice production in water-scarce environments; managing saline and alkali water for higher productivity; opportunities for increasing water productivity of CGIAR crops through plant breeding and molecular biology; world water productivity - current situation and future options; improving water productivity through deficit irrigation - examples from Syria! North China Plain and Oregon! USA.

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Authors Randolph Barker, Jacob W Kijne, Jacob W. Kijne, Jacob W. (EDT)/ Barker Kijne, David J Molden, David J. Molden
Assisted by Randolph Barker (Editor), Jacob W Kijne (Editor), Jacob W. Kijne (Editor), David Molden (Editor)
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 19.02.2004
 
EAN 9780851996691
ISBN 978-0-85199-669-1
Dimensions 184 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
Series Comprehensive Assessment of Wa
Comprehensive Assessment of Wa
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology
Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration

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