and improved water quality. Policy objectives may include incentives for investment in efficient irrigation technologies … Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area is used to quantify the effect of sunk investment cost and uncertainty of future returns on the …

The Burdekin delta in north Queensland is a major irrigation area producing over 35,000 ha of irrigated sugarcane and … irrigation water. The long-term 'health' of the groundwater systems is therefore critical to the economic and environmental well … systems, and promote a total systems approach in the development and adoption of best practice irrigation options. Application …

Investment in irrigation infrastructure and technologies, particularly those that reduce on-farm water use have become … uncertainty on decisions to invest in irrigation technology and infrastructure is examined. The potential for uncertainty to …

Potential for change in the mix of irrigated enterprises was estimated for a catchment in the Shepparton irrigation … implications of different price, productivity and irrigation water allocation scenarios for sustainable economic growth and natural …

storage of surplus water from other irrigation sources (eg allocation, out of allocation, water harvesting etc), thereby …

return on assets managed. Access to irrigation has been identified as one factor with potential to contribute to growth of … the northern Australian beef industry. The development of irrigation for growing pasture and forage crops could extend the … feasibility of a range of forage crop types and irrigated areas with consideration of the capital costs of irrigation investment …

Restrictive irrigation water policies established due to e.g. environmental concerns or water scarcity appear to result … the optimal irrigation water demand. Far reaching environmental implications might be the consequence which require …

insufficient irrigation infrastructure is identified as a major constraint on exploiting such potentials, investment for expanding … irrigation capacity is needed. At the same time, putting necessary institutions in place to ensure that the installed capacity is … effectively utilized is also equally important. Compared to relatively larger government irrigation schemes, the privately owned …