Estimating Water Footprints of Vegetable Crops: Influence of Growing Season, Solar Radiation Data and Functional Unit
Water footprint (WF) accounting as proposed by the Water Footprint Network (WFN) can potentially provide important information for water resource management, especially in water scarce countries relying on irrigation to help meet their food requirements. However, calculating accurate WFs of short-se...
Main Authors: | Betsie le Roux, Michael van der Laan, Teunis Vahrmeijer, John G. Annandale, Keith L. Bristow |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-10-01
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Series: | Water |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/10/473 |
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