Vocabulary Term Details

Water use efficiency

Definition (http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC51/GC51InfDocuments/English/gc51inf-3-att1_en.pdf)

Water use efficiency (WUE) is a broad concept that can be defined in many ways. For farmers and land managers, WUE is the yield of harvested crop product achieved from the water available to the crop through rainfall, irrigation and the contribution of soil water storage. (IAEA)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
N/A

Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Use efficiency	N/A	Water use

This term is used for the following terms:
WUE (Water use efficiency)

Approved Date
12-Aug-2013

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Vocabulary Term Details

Water use efficiency

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