Key Challenges and Opportunities for Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater in Mega-Irrigation Systems: Lower Indus, Pakistan

This paper focuses on the scope of conjunctive management in the Lower Indus part of the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS), and the contribution this could make towards food security and socio-economic development. The total Gross Command Area (GCA) of the Lower Indus is 5.92 Mha, with a cultivab...

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Main Authors: Frank van Steenbergen, Muhammad Basharat, Bakhshal Khan Lashari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/4/4/831