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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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Using data from an experimental supportive intervention to India's malaria control program, this paper studies the …
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promote recommended behaviors, including prompt treatment seeking for febrile illness, in Odisha India. The tested modules …
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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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context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total … requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with inefficiency in …
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, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify …
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water for irrigation to meet rising food demand; at the same time, the competition for water resources is growing in many … agriculture, and significant public and private investments are being made with this goal in mind. Yet most public communications …
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This study estimates and compares the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South …-benefit analysis of irrigation benefits shows that small dams may be more viable than large ones, large dams can play a potentially …
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Wastewater use in agriculture is a growing practice worldwide. Drivers include increasing water stress, in part due to … importance of improving wastewater use in agriculture across the spectrum from lower to high-income countries. It presents an … innovative approach linking key issues related to different aspects of wastewater irrigation to a country?s level of economic …
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Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is … separately in the Ricardian model, irrigation must be modeled endogenously. The results also indicate that African agriculture is … agriculture community. The results indicate that irrigation is an effective adaptation against loss of rainfall and higher …
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