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Reforming water policies in agriculture : lessons from past reforms
Gruère, Guillaume; Ashley, Colette; Cadilhon, Jean-Joseph - 2018
Agriculture’s water quality and quantity challenges continue to grow in many regions of the world. Policy solutions have been identified, but not always applied where needed nor implemented effectively. This report analyses eight past water and agriculture policy changes in OECD countries with...
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Economic implications of agricultural reuse of treated wastewater in Israel : a statewide long-term perspective
Reznik, Ami; Feinerman, Eli; Finkelshtain, Israel; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 135 (2017), pp. 222-233
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Managing Weather Risk for Cotton in Texas High Plains with Optimal Temporal Allocation of Irrigation Water
Nair, Shyam; Wang, Chenggang; Knight, Thomas; Segarra, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Texas High Plains (THP) is a major cotton producing region in the US with low rainfall and decreasing irrigation water … optimal strategies for temporal allocation of irrigation water for center pivot irrigated cotton in THP. The study analyzed … different strategies to allocate irrigation water during one growing season among three different growth stages of cotton …
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When it Rains on the Sand Dunes
Baindur, Meera - eSocialSciences - 2007
A desert journey, from a pool where both humans and camels drank, to a bavadi then to a water tap in Khaba village has some valuable lessons about the ground realities of the social forces around water.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341723
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Irrigation, Agrarian Change and Local Politics: in South Telengana, 1960-1996
Kumar, V. Anil - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper deals with the impact of irrigation on agrarian change and local politics in the period, 1960 to 1996 in the … from canal irrigation, strengthened the position of the dominant castes/classes, small and middle peasantry continued to … points to a policy implication: irrigation alone, without agrarian reform, cannot lead to progressive change and for more …
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Union Budget 2006-07: Speech
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance - 2006
The bulk of the resources must go to the UPA Government’s eight flagship programmes: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid-day Meal Scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Total Sanitation Campaign, National Rural Health Mission, Integrated Child Development Services, National Rural Employment...
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Why Tank Systems Need to be Revitalized: Kaveripakkam Tank in Tamil Nadu
Sivasubramaniyan, K - eSocialSciences - 2008
In the past tank systems of water storage and use played an important role in the region’s prosperity. In recent times these tanks are being neglected. A case in point is the Kaveripakkam tank in Tamil Nadu.. .
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Groundwater Users, Wake up: Danger Ahead! Message from the Experts
Raju, K.V.; Babu, Lenin; Nanjundaiah, C.; Mukerjee, Sarbani - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Expert Group constituted by the Planning commission to examine issues related to groundwater management and ownership has made extensive recommendations tha need to be taken seriously. Most importantly it points to the urgency of addressing the issue of groundwater depletion. A quick review...
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Large-scale desalination and the external impact on irrigation-water salinity : economic analysis for the case of Israel
Slater, Yehuda; Finkelshtain, Israel; Reznik, Ami; Kan, Iddo - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296995
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Centralized water management under lobbying : economic analysis of desalination in Israel
Bar-Nahum, Ziv; Reznik, Ami; Finkelshtain, Israel; Kan, Iddo - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 193 (2022), pp. 1-15
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