Sustainability of the Indus Basin: Impact of tertiary salinity/sodicity on wheat productivity, damage assessment and future public policy

The Indus Basin of Pakistan has the largest contiguous canal irrigation system in the world. However, the canal system, as important as it is, has overshadowed the equally important supplementary source of irrigation in the Basin--the groundwater. Today, over 40% of the annual irrigation requirements are met from groundwater and, in many regions, this proportion may be as high as 70% for rabi season when wheat is the dominant crop.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agriculture, Agronomy

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Siddiq, Akmal

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hornbaker, Robert H.

• Agriculture, Agronomy
• Economics, Agricultural
• Chemistry, Agricultural

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Siddiq, Akmal

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512550
(UMI)AAI9512550

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23520