Why well yield matters for managing agricultural drought risk
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Why well yield matters for managing agricultural drought risk
Groundwater-fed irrigation has supported growth in agricultural production around the world by allowing farmers to buffer production against the risks associated with variable and uncertain climatic conditions. However, uncontrolled exploitation has also led to rapid rates of groundwater depletion in many semi-arid and arid regions that threaten farmers' long-term capacity to adapt to future cl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Weather and Climate Extremes
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2212-0947
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2015.07.003