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nullH. Al-Najar, "The integration of FAO-CropWat Model and GIS Techniques for Estimating Irrigation Water Requirement and Its Application in the Gaza Strip,"
Natural Resources, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2011, pp. 146-154. doi:
10.4236/nr.2011.23020.
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