Search Results - subject:"Water efficiency"

Mathematical Programming Models to Increase Land and Water Use Efficiency in Semi-arid NE-Brazil

Hagel, Heinrich; Hoffmann, Christa; Doluschitz, Reiner - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 05 (2014) 4

Construction of the Itaparica dam and reservoir induced changes in the agricultural production systems of the Itaparica micro-region, at the lower-middle São Francisco river basin. Extensive traditional systems were replaced by e.g. irrigated fruit production. However, over twenty years after...

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Moving Towards Sustainable and Resilient Smart Water Grids

Mutchek, Michele; Williams, Eric - In: Challenges 5 (2014) 1, pp. 123-137

Urban water systems face sustainability and resiliency challenges including water leaks, over-use, quality issues, and response to drought and natural disasters. Information and communications technology (ICT) could help address these challenges through the development of smart water grids that...

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Irrigation water use efficiency in central Tunisian's wheat production systems: A stochastic data envelopment approach

Chebil, Ali; Abbas, Kais; Frija, Aymen - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

This study employs stochastic DEA approach for measuring irrigation water efficiency of wheat farms in irrigated areas …

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Accelerated water savings and demand growth for farm outputs: impacts on the economy of the southern Murray-Darling Basin

Wittwer, Glyn - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 2012

It is possible that water efficiency in irrigation agriculture may improve substantially over the next decade or two …, to examine the impacts of both fast water efficiency gains and strong export demand growth over time. Water efficiency …. Water efficiency gains and rapid export demand growth have differing impacts on the composition of crops and livestock …

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ADAPTATION OF MEDITERRANEAN CROPS TO WATER PRESSURE IN THE EBRO BASIN: A WATER EFFICIENCY INDEX

Fernandez-Haddad, Zaira; Quiroga, Sonia - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

by improving the management of scarce resources. Here, we generate an agricultural water efficiency index to evaluate the …

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Productive Efficiency in Water Usage: An Analysis of Differences among Citrus Producing Farms Sizes in Tunisia

Dhehibi, Boubaker - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

The objective of this paper is to measure productive efficiency of irrigation water efficiency based on the concept of … technical and irrigation water efficiency. The last step of the analysis consists on the identification of the factors … influencing irrigation water efficiency differentials across citrus growing farms. Empirical results show that estimated mean …

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MOTIVATION OF THE MAIN TRENDS OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE WATER FACILITIES

BARABANOV I.V.; ALEYNIKOVA A.I. - In: ВІСНИК ЕКОНОМІКИ ТРАНСПОРТУ І … (2011) 3, pp. 155-159

Basic directions of strategic development of enterprises of water-supply are considered. Analysed situation which was folded in industry. Grounded necessity of reformation of plumbing economy for introduction of new methods of functioning and management the systems of water-supply.

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Investigations on the Impacts of China's Rural Water Policies: From Efficiency and Equity Perspectives

Fang, Lan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

China’s water resources are scarce. Given its limited water resource, policies in China have been traditionally focused on meeting sectoral demands for water by increasing the supply rather than managing demand. However, effective water resource policies that focus on demand management and...

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Fayette County, WV Case Study: A Look at the Movement towards Energy and Water Efficiency

Bird, Davina; Blobaum, Hodjat; Jackson, Randall W. - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010

energy and/or water efficiency within the county. Given the pervasive nature of the issue of efficiency, interviewees were … encouraged to describe their agency or organizational efforts as it relates to what they thought “energy and/or water efficiency …

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Fayette County, WV Case Study: A Look at the Movement towards Energy and Water Efficiency

Bird, Davina; Blobaum, Hodjat; Jackson, Randall W. - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010

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