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 …

and the government aimed at increasing community participation in the design and management of irrigation canals. The case …

diffusion of modern irrigation is a main obstacle for improving small-scale farmer productivity. …In most developing countries non-irrigation status often dominates adoption of traditional and modern irrigation … technology. In this paper, we study the effect of production risk on irrigation technology choice among small-scale farmers in …

water allocation, irrigation policies, and climate change, among others water related issues. …

, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …

Water-lifting technologies for irrigation have significant potential to increase agricultural yields and stimulate …

irrigated maize suggesting that the use of irrigation reduces not only the dependency of production on direct precipitation but …

This paper proposes that ancestral use of irrigation reduces contemporary female labor force participation and female … property rights. We test this hypothesis using an exogenous measure of irrigation and data from the Afrobarometer, cross … hypothesis receives considerable empirical support. We find negative associations between ancestral irrigation and actual female …

This study combines three rounds of surveys with remote sensing to measure long-term impacts of a randomized irrigation … year after the adoption takes place. These findings suggest that adoption of irrigation technologies can be a long and …