• MODFLOW-Farm Process Modeling for Determining Effects of Agricultural Activities on Groundwater Levels and Groundwater Recharge 

  • Kedir Mohammed Bushira1*·Jorge Ramírez Hernandez2

  • 1Corresponding author: Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, P. o. Box 21, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
    2Instituto de Ingenier    ía, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, Baja California, Mexico

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This Article

  • 2019; 24(5): 17-30

    Published on Oct 31, 2019

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2019.24.5.017
  • Received on Aug 16, 2019
  • Revised on Sep 2, 2019
  • Accepted on Oct 10, 2019

Correspondence to

  • Kedir Mohammed Bushira

  • Corresponding author: Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, P. o. Box 21, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia

  • E-mail: kdrmohammed@gmail.com/kedir.mohammed@amu.edu.et