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Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water to Alternative Uses: Concepts and an Application [PDF]
, 2011 Irrigation water reallocations are playing an increasingly important role in both developed and developing countries. With growing urban and environmental water demands, rising costs for the development of new water supplies, and irrigated agriculture ...
Susanne M. Scheierling
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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The appropriateness of canal water supplies: The response of the farmers - A case study in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia area, Punjab, Pakistan [PDF]
Irrigation water / Irrigation canals / Water supply / Farmer managed irrigation systems ...
Kuper, M., Strosser, P.
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Irrigation performance and collective action. A case study in the Office du Niger (Mali) [PDF]
, 2006 This paper investigates the relation between collective action and performance for a case study in the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali. As a result of irrigation management transfer at tertiary level, farmers are now collectively responsible ...
Jamin, Jean-Yves +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Water users association in XIth Branch Canal Periyar Vaigai Project: Farmers experience [PDF]
Water users' associations / Farmer participation / Irrigation management / Privatization / Irrigation canals / Water distribution / Tank irrigation / Wells / India / Tamil Nadu / Periyar ...
Kannan, N.
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Irrigation and water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and strategies [PDF]
Latin America and the Caribbean are relatively well endowed with water resources. However, population growth and rapid urbanization are putting considerable pressure on water available for irrigation.
Paisner, Michael S. +2 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Water Science, 2019 This research is aiming at simulating the effect of floating aquatic plants (FAP) in the drains, for best practice and adequate design, as a water quality treatment system.
Aiman El Saadi, Salwa Abu El Ella
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Forecasting reference evapotranspiration using data mining and limited climatic data
European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020 To accurate forecast of water evaporation and transpiration (reference evapotranspiration, ET0) is imperative in the planning and management of water resources. The Penman-Monteith FAO56 (PM-56) equation which is recommended for estimating ET0 across the
Kepeng Feng, Juncang Tian
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