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PRICE-RESPONSIVENESS OF DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER WITHDRAWALS VS. CONSUMPTIVE USE: ESTIMATES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Young, Robert A.; Cardon, Grant E.; Scheierling, Susanne M. - 2003

Of water withdrawn for agricultural crop irrigation, a portion is consumed and the remainder comes back to the … hydrologic system as return flows. Previous models of irrigation water demand have mostly focused on the change in withdrawals in … planning. This study develops a simulation/mathematical programming model of water demand representing an irrigation company in …

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Determining the Price-Responsiveness of Demands for Irrigation Water Deliveries versus Consumptive Use

Scheierling, Susanne M.; Young, Robert A.; Cardon, Grant E. - 2004

A water-crop simulation/mathematical programming model of irrigation water demand in northeastern Colorado is …

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Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability

Harris, Simon; Doak, Murray; Ford, Stuart; Bywater, Tony; … - 2005

irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation … models of the hydrological, irrigation, farm and financial systems over the 1973 – 2000 period. The results show that there …

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Technology Adoption in West Africa: Adoption and Disadoption of Soybeans on the Togo-Benin Border

Jones, Kelly Michelle - 2005

New agricultural technologies are promoted in developing countries to bring about some combination of economic, environmental, and or health benefit. All of these benefits are considered to improve the livelihoods of the households that adopt them. However, the adoption of these new innovations...

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A Dynamic Risk Optimization Model for Evaluating Profitable and Feasible Water Management Plans

Grove, Bennie; Oosthuizen, L.K.; Backeberg, G.R. - 2006

available water resources through the adoption o f more efficient irrigation technology and irrigation scheduling. A requirement … and irrigation system application rates in the model. Risk simulation procedures are used to generate an appropriately … flood irrigation farm in the Vaalharts irrigation scheme South Africa to demonstrate the capability of the model to optimize …

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An Economic Drought Management Index to Evaluate Water Institutions' Performance

Iglesias, Eva; Garrido, Alberto; Gomez, Almudena - 2002

the supply system. An empirical application of EDMIs is performed for two irrigation districts in Andalusia (Southern …

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Managing Saline Groundwater Impacts from Irrigation - Designing and Testing Emissions Trading in Coleambally Irrigation Area

Whitten, Stuart M.; Khan, Shahbaz; Collins, Drew; Ward, John - 2007

principles underpinning emissions trading to present such a system. Allocation of net recharge contracts to irrigation farms will … the economic impacts of adopting such a policy in the Coleambally Irrigation Area in southwestern New South Wales …

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Water policy reform in Australia: lessons from the Victorian seasonal water market

Brennan, Donna - 2006

The nature of the seasonal water market is examined using a theoretical model andempirical evidence from the Victorian market. Drivers of the seasonal opportunitycost of water include the underlying nature of investment in the industry made in thecontext of risky entitlement yields; and the...

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Irrigation water pricing between governmental policies and farmers’ perception: Implications for green-houses horticultural production in Teboulba (Tunisia)

Chebil, Ali; Frija, Aymen; Thabet, Chokri - 2010

A positive mathematical programming model was constructed in this study to assess theeffect of three water pricing scenarios on Teboulba’s agricultural production systems.The effects of these scenarios were estimated for three groups of farmers from three irrigated districts. Results show that...

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Bidding behavior in environmental contract auctions with incomplete monitoring

Romstad, Eirik; Alfnes, Frode - 2011

It is well known from the compliance literature that whenever it costly tomonitor agents' compliance to contract terms, compliance is likely to beincomplete. This paper goes one step further by examining the implications ofincomplete monitoring on agent's sales offers in auctions for...

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