Water Productivity in Agriculture - Limits and Opportunities for Improvement

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