Design and Operation of Irrigation Systems for Smallholder Agriculture in South Asia
- ISBN-10
- 9251024812
- ISBN-13
- 9789251024812
- Category
- Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Irrigation
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Author
- D. E. Campbell
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