Gobi agriculture: an innovative farming system that increases energy and water use efficiencies. A review

Jianming Xie1, Jiangnan Yu1, Baihong Chen1, Feng Zhi1, Jian Lyu2, Linli Hu1, Yantai Gan3, Kadambot H. M. Siddique4
1Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
2College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
3Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada
4The UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6001, Australia

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