Katharine Coman's "Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation," published in March 1911 in the first issue of the American … and irrigation districts that emerged in the American West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in response to …

algorithm's cutoff using a regression discontinuity design, we find that automated irrigation violation warnings cause … irrigation policy enforcement. Our findings highlight the merits of implementing multidimensional conservation programs …

examine how a producer's beliefs about water shortages influence investment in more efficient irrigation technologies. We then … a more efficient irrigation technology on average. We also present evidence that adoption rates are driven more by …

efforts have focused on farm-level irrigation efficiency. However, since over one-third of water applied for agricultural … irrigation in the U.S. comes from off-farm supplies, improvements in delivery and conveyance efficiency also have the potential … to significantly reduce water losses. This study utilizes survey data from irrigation water delivery organizations in the …

, considers India's experience with fiscal (responsibility) rules during the past decade. After reviewing the basic facts … concerning public debt and deficits in India, the background and basic arithmetic of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget …

We examine constraints to adoption of new technologies in the context of hillside irrigation schemes in Rwanda. We … leverage a plot-level spatial regression discontinuity design to produce 3 key results. First, irrigation enables dry season … horticultural production, which boosts on-farm cash profits by 70%. Second, adoption is constrained: access to irrigation causes …