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, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
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prevalence in India prior to a nationwide eradication program in the 1950s. We find that the program led to modest increases in …
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farmers switch from traditional to modern irrigation technology. …
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This paper proposed a methodological framework for the assessment of carbon stocks and the development and identification of land use, land use change and land management scenarios, whereby enhancing carbon sequestration synergistically increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation...
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Agricultural development may support broader economic development, though agricultural expansion may also crowd-out local non-agricultural activity. On the United States Plains, areas over the Ogallala aquifer experienced windfall agricultural gains when post-WWII technologies increased farmers'...
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agriculture and water resources, and emphasis on underground resources. Our objective is mainly descriptive at this level …; nonetheless, we try to evaluate patterns of interaction between agriculture and water resources policy from the point of view of … analysis of the most important issues and ongoing policies. We show that the link between agriculture and groundwater is but …
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In this paper we consider a two periods model of cropping using irrigation. The farmer takes two kind of decisions, one … related to the level of investment in irrigation capacity and the other one to the irrigation level in each period. In the … period. Assuming a CARA utility function, we show that taxing the investment may entail an increase in preventive irrigation …
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scales. Using data from the India ICRISAT VLS panel survey we find evidence consistent with these conditions, suggesting that …
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India started the implementation of a rural public works program in 2006, covering all districts of the country within …
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-priority uses such as agriculture. These plans have recently become widespread across EU southern basins. Shockingly, in some of … availability in agriculture that results from the decision rules of the recently approved DMPs. The methodology is applied to the …
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