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Water productivity assessment for China's Yellow river basin

author(s) Cai, Ximing - Yang, Yi-Chen E. - Ringler, Claudia - You, Liangzhi
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Cai, Ximing; Yang, Yi-Chen E.; Ringler, Claudia; You, Liangzhi. 2010. Water productivity assessment for China's Yellow river basin. Yellow River Basin: Living with Water Scarcity. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152628
Water productivity assessment for China's Yellow river basin

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Abstract

The second longest river in China after the Yangtze, the Yellow River and its basin (YRB) is the breadbasket of China and the cradle of Chinese civilization. With only 2 percent of national water resources, the basin generated 14 percent of Chinese grain production and 14 percent of the country's GDP in 2000.

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