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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143168
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Women and special public works programmes: a case study of the mto wa mbu irrigation (arusha) and the water supply (rukwa) projects; Tanzania.
S, Tomoda - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967043
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Tanzania special public works programme: a socio-economic impact study of the mto wa mbu (arusha) and the mnenia (dodoma) irrigation projects: Tanzania.
B, Martens; Dijk, T. van; V, Van Gent - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
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Water and irrigation policy impact assessment using business simulation games: Evidence from northern Germany
Buchholz, Matthias; Holst, Gesa; Musshoff, Oliver - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2015
To date, studies dealing with the impact assessment of changing irrigation policies predominately rely on normative … impact assessment of irrigation water policies that has the potential to reveal the 'true' behavior of the participants. To … water quota intending to reduce water withdrawals for irrigation. In the business simulation game, the participants manage a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252706
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Impact assessment of irrigation infrastructure development on poverty alleviation: case studies from Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interim report - Phase 2
Hussain, I.; Jehanjir, W. A.; Nazir, A.; Hanjra, M. A.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696308
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Groundwater Conservation Policy in Agriculture
Wilson, Paul N.; Needham, Robert A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Transboundary water conflicts between urban and rural populations often center on water use in the agricultural sector. Public officials may select a water conservation policy as the primary tool for reducing agricultural water use with the goal to improve water availability to urban areas and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060628
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Destitution through “Development”: A Case Study of the Laka Laka Project in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Shriar, Avrum J. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 10, pp. 3239-3257
on how and why its planning was so flawed. The project destroyed an ancient, sustainable irrigation system, and replaced …
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Beyond the field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty alleviation
Lilleør, Helene Bie; Larsen, Anna Folke - Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed (RFF) - 2013
Tanzania. Unlike previous farmer field school evaluations, we go beyond the immediate agricultural impact and estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885958
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Impact of modern agricultural technologies on smallholder welfare: Evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia
Asfaw, Solomon; Shiferaw, Bekele; Simtowe, Franklin; … - In: Food Policy 37 (2012) 3, pp. 283-295
measured by consumption expenditure in rural Ethiopia and Tanzania. The study utilizes cross-sectional farm household level … data collected in 2008 from a randomly selected sample of 1313 households (700 in Ethiopia and 613 in Tanzania). The causal … expenditure (in per adult equivalent terms) in rural Ethiopia and Tanzania. This confirms the potential role of technology …
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The economic relevance of sustainable agroforestry practices — An empirical analysis from Tanzania
Faße, Anja; Grote, Ulrike - In: Ecological Economics 94 (2013) C, pp. 86-96
the example of firewood exploitation in rural Tanzania. Three questions are addressed: (1) To what extent do households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011043597