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An Integrated Risk Assessment Model for the Implementation of Drought Insurance Markets in Spain
Pérez Blanco, Carlos Dionisio; Gómez, Carlos Mario - 2014
basins, where water deficit during drought events is partially covered by illegal abstractions, mostly from aquifers, which … are tolerated by the authorities. Groundwater overexploitation for irrigation has created in these areas an unprecedented …-based drought insurance systems have the potential to introduce the necessary incentives to reduce overexploitation during drought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398396
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An Integrated Risk Assessment Model for the Implementation of Drought Insurance Markets in Spain
Pérez-Blanco, Carlos - 2014
basins, where water deficit during drought events is partially covered by illegal abstractions, mostly from aquifers, which … are tolerated by the authorities. Groundwater overexploitation for irrigation has created in these areas an unprecedented …-based drought insurance systems have the potential to introduce the necessary incentives to reduce overexploitation during drought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051382
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Drought management plans and water availability in agriculture : a risk assessment model for a southern European basin
Pérez Blanco, Carlos Dionisio; Gómez, Carlos Mario - 2014
The Drought Management Plans (DMPs) are a regulatory instrument that establishes priorities among the different water …-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373820
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Monsoon 2013 : estimating the impact on agriculture
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta; Jain, Surbhi - 2013
Product (GDP) growth in India. The model hypothesizes that the performance of agriculture in India depends upon (1 …) investments in agriculture (private and public); (2) agricultural price incentives; and (3) rainfall. A log-linear model fitted … place in agriculture over this period. Other variables remain the same. This model also suggests that the agri-GDP growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222908
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Electricity Prices, River Temperatures and Cooling Water Scarcity
McDermott, Grant R. - 2013
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089970
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Electricity Prices, River Temperatures and Cooling Water Scarcity
McDermott, Grant R. - 2013
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092309
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Participatory Approach in Decision Making Processes for Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Basin
Giupponi, Carlo - 2013
This paper deals with the comparative analysis of different policy options for water resources management in three south-eastern Mediterranean countries. The applied methodology follows a participatory approach throughout its implementation and is supported by the use of three different software...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711678
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Chapter 58 The Economics of Water, Irrigation, and Development
Schoengold, Karina; Zilberman, David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2933-2977). 2007
The post-World War II era has witnessed a drastic increase in irrigation activities that have contributed substantially to the massive growth in agricultural production that enables humanity to feed its doubling population. However, a distinction has to be made between the overall positive...
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Environmental Issues, Economic Policies and Agricultural Development : The Case of Punjab, India
Liu, Rongchen; Sanyal, Anirban; Singh, Nirvikar - 2021
This paper discusses economic policies that have supported a particular kind of agricultural development in Punjab, as well as environment-specific policies that have sought to deal with various environmental problems aris- ing from that pattern of development. In doing so, we highlight some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243319
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Climate Change and Downstream Water Quality in Agricultural Production : The Case of Nutrient Runoff to the Gulf of Mexico
Elbakidze, Levan; Xu, Yuelu; Gassman, Philip W.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Nitrogen (N) fertilizer use in agricultural production is a significant determinant of surface water quality. As climate changes, agricultural producers are likely to adapt at extensive and intensive margins in terms of land and per acre input use, including fertilizers. These changes can affect...
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