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 …

This working paper analyses the economic impacts of floods in agriculture with the help of flood risk areas as well as … dryness and drought during different steps of the vegetation period and extreme heat in the blooming period lead to … considerable losses. In total the calculated sum of losses due to dryness, drought and heat are estimated to approximately 40 Mio …

outbreaks with drought incidence and severity, we show that this causality is valid also for Somalia at the local level. We find … that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict … aggravate Somalia's security challenges and calls for decisive action to strengthen both drought and conflict resilience …

This paper proposes a new Economic Drought Management Index (EDMI) that could assist water managers to inter … served by the supply system. An empirical application of EDMIs is performed for two irrigation districts in Andalusia … various scenarios of climate change, and for a 8-year real period, which includes three consecutive drought years. Results …

long time, but the first steps to combat drought took just in the mid twentieth century when there was planted windbreak …-1965, when work began planning for irrigation. In the period 1967-1989, were equipped more than 420 thousand hectares … an uncertain future while irrigation in Dobrogea is the main factor that depends on achieving high and safe yields. …

the 1980s, all the six droughts faced by India were in El Niño years but not all El Niño years led to drought situations …

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 …

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

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 …