state of pastures and irrigation systems is alarming and requires government support well above its current level …

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 …

We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … and mostly negative. Global water savings are achieved. Not only regions where irrigation efficiency changes are able to …

agriculture. Moreover, the new production structure accounts for substitution possibilities between irrigation and other primary … factors. The new model has been used to study a variety of topics including: irrigation efficiency, sustainable water use …

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

on these climate projections, the irrigation demand of Bavaria's agriculture is calculated in a model simulation. The … model results are subdivided into arable crops, vegetable crops and special crops. Studies on irrigation demand done in the … of the project. The model approach is based on the principle of Geisenheim irrigation management where soil and crop …

farmers switch from traditional to modern irrigation technology. …

We estimate the irrigation water demand for a season under uncertainty using a dynamic programming model and a crop … to generate the data allowing the estimation of irrigation water demand by a nonparametric procedure. An application …

Though in decline, tank irrigation is still an important characteristic of rural social life in many parts of South … strategies of the poor and the management of tank irrigation. It establishes the main concerns and priorities of the poor and … describes why the poor regard well-managed tank irrigation as a significant asset. Moreover, it studies two sets of …

Tanzania's 2005 push to increase rice production by ambitious rural investments in irrigation and by tariff protection … sustainability of irrigation schemes due to poor local-level operation and maintenance. These implementation problems arise because … maintenance of irrigation schemes) are actually used. Ideological notions about 'modernising agriculture' have also motivated the …