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How do farmers react to varying water allocations? An assessment of how the attitude to risk affects farm incomes
Schenk, Joep; Hellegers, Petra; van Asseldonk, Marcel; … - In: Agricultural Water Management 136 (2014) C, pp. 52-58
A risk farmers have to cope with is annual changes in the availability of irrigation water. In this paper the … relationship between irrigation water allocated to farmers and the incomes they derive in the Coleambally Irrigation Areas (CIA) in …
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Irrigation of farm land under the EU Water Framework Directive
Theuvsen, Ludwig; Battermann, Henning W. - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 11 (2011) 26
. The results show that demand for irrigation water, farmers’ reactions with regard to operational and strategic decisions …
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Groundwater Management Instruments in a Conjunctive Use System: Assessing the Impact on Farmers’ Income Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)
Lenouvel, Vincent; Montginoul, Marielle - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 59 (2010) 3
irrigation water use. We suggest that a policy relying on a “well-priced†substitutable resource would be greatly favoured by …
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Simulating the impact of climate change and adaptation strategies on farm productivity and income: A bioeconomic analysis
Fofana, Ismael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
techniques for hard wheat are tested - more irrigation and fertilization - compensations for the negative effects of climate …
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Kurz zum Klima: Zu viel Salz verdirbt den Boden
Zimmer, Markus; Lippelt, Jana; Frank, Jonas - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 19, pp. 51-53
Der zunehmende Einsatz von Anlagen zur Bewässerung sowie mangelnde Erfahrungswerte und Unkenntnis über den richtigen Einsatz der künstlichen Bewässerung haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einer massiven Zunahme der Versalzung des Bodens geführt. Durch diese Bodenversalzung werden weite...
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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Human welfare
von Grebmer, Klaus; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Drivers of change
Trabucco, Antonio; Zomer, Robert; Thornton, Philip K.; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Political, demographic, and institutional classifications
Sebastian, Kate; Wood, Stanley; Stads, Gert-Jan; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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