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Texas High Plains (THP) is a major cotton producing region in the US with low rainfall and decreasing irrigation water … optimal strategies for temporal allocation of irrigation water for center pivot irrigated cotton in THP. The study analyzed … different strategies to allocate irrigation water during one growing season among three different growth stages of cotton …
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Riverland were cut drastically leading to a variety of adaptations by perennial crop producers including changes in irrigation … distribution and perennial stocks are path-dependent on irrigation history, stochastic water supplies may imply that convergence …
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irrigation technology use, water source substitution, and other mitigation strategies used by farmers to deal with water … in deriving the marginal value of irrigation water for reference drought years. Results show that South Texas farmers …
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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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. Planting date and irrigation threshold are the two variables optimized to maximize farmer's expected utility. A decreasing …
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rate of pumping for irrigation in the region is causing the aquifer to be depleted in many areas, which is cause for …
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. Irrigation development, labor demand, and employment are studied. Total annual labor use increased following irrigation … forest-degrading activities. Empirical findings show irrigation-induced increases in agricultural employment can reduce …
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This paper systematically estimates the potential benefit of introducing improved irrigation schemes in Mt. Kilimanjaro … elicit farmers’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) for eliminating the risks of crop loss by accessing improved irrigation schemes … policy contribution consists of valuation of improved irrigation in the presence of climate change risks. The applied welfare …
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substantial percentage of crop yield. The study found ambiguous evidence about the ability of irrigation usage to reduce crop … welfare value of irrigation. In terms of future food security, climate simulations reveal that by 2029, it will no longer be …
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