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Mutual Sustainability of Tubewell Farming and Aquifers Perspectives from Balochistan, Pakistan /

This book develops and presents a conceptual model for sustainable-groundwater irrigated agriculture. The model is based on the general principles of the economic theories of cost-benefit relations and behavioral models of resource use. The study has evaluated the advances in tubewell farming and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khattak, Ahmad Saeed (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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