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Most of the world's water entitlement and allocation regimes evolved during periods of abundance and, hence, are not well suited to the management of water scarcity. Development of the institutional arrangements necessary to manage changing demands and supplies is in its infancy.
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years, particularly in the context of changes in the availability and pricing of irrigation water. This study uses a new … study provides experimental estimates of the responsiveness of the demand for irrigation water to price changes and the …
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use of irrigation water. A foundation for this research is a detailed understanding of irrigated agriculture in the … of the elasticity of demand for irrigation water. It focuses on three main irrigated industries — rice, dairy and …
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This paper focuses on the determination of the most effective set of mitigation and adaptation strategies applied to … combat land degradation and drought in a latitudinal gradient. This study was carried out in Chile, in a latitude gradient … of the different set of the strategies applied to fight against desertification and drought varies in a latitudinal …
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Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
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This article presents an econometric analysis of irrigation commodity area and revenue responses to varying commodity … prices, water availability and climate conditions for the second half of a decade long drought in the Murray–Darling Basin …, Australia. We find statistically significant evidence of irrigation area decline with reductions in water allocations and …
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years during the years 1999-2006. The prolonged nature of this drought highlights a need to better understand the impacts … and management of drought across growing seasons, rather than just within a growing season. Producers express specific … concern about the tendency of drought impacts to persist even after drought itself has subsided. The persistence of drought …
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Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia by Assefa Admassie, Berhanu Adenew, and Abebe Tadege Brief 7: Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers …' Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Africa by Charles Nhemachena and Rashid M. Hassan Brief 9: Analysis of the Determinants … of Farmers' Choice of Adaptation Methods and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia by Temesgen T …
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