Economic Performance of Cotton and Fruit Plantations in arid Regions: Observation from the Tarim River Basin, NW China
Haiyan Peng, Niels Thevs, Volker Beckmann & Nurbay Abdusalih · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2015
Arid lands cover 17% of the world’s land. There, crop production largely depends on irrigation and frequently faces water shortages. Cotton is grown in arid lands, e.g. Central Asia and Northwest China. Today, the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China has turned into the world’s most impo...
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10.9734/AJAEES/2016/22254