Impact of climate change on water resources and potential adaptations for Indian agriculture
Indian agriculture is the largest user of rainfall, surface and groundwater resources. Some of the large river systems feedings the canal systems and the groundwater aquifers, like the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and their several tributaries have their origin in the Himalayas. A large part o...
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40311 |
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