It is often said that water is under-priced and that if the full cost of water were charged, water use would be more … sustainable. Moving from a statement to actual practice requires a shift in thinking about the fundamental economics. Australia … has embarked on a process of economic reform and part of the reform package in the water sector has required States within …

sustainability of irrigated agriculture today. This paper evaluates the adoption of higher efficiency irrigation systems as an … economic optimisation model in order to estimate the productivity and profitability of agriculture under the current irrigation … system and a set of proposed irrigation systems. Although the results of the study indicate that increasing irrigation …

sustainability of irrigated agriculture today. This paper evaluates the adoption of higher efficiency irrigation systems as an … economic optimisation model in order to estimate the productivity and profitability of agriculture under the current irrigation … system and a set of proposed irrigation systems. Although the results of the study indicate that increasing irrigation …

[paper in French] In Brittany, water policy give little results compared to the money involved. Compared to northern … European countries the French government don’t enforce the economic principles of the water framework directive (WFD). WFD …. Further, WFD says that water policy has to enforce cost recovery and polluter-pay principle (PPP). WFD economic principles are …

sustainability of irrigated agriculture today. This paper evaluates the adoption of higher efficiency irrigation systems as an … economic optimisation model in order to estimate the productivity and profitability of agriculture under the current irrigation … system and a set of proposed irrigation systems. Although the results of the study indicate that increasing irrigation …

level decreases fertilization costs because of the increased levels of available nutrients left in the water, and irrigation … costs decrease if water prices reflect the lower treatment costs. Agricultural yields and/or prices may decrease according …

evaluate adjustments to the irrigation system or management of water. lEES (Irrigation Economics Evaluation System), a … the economic and technological aspects of irrigation. The eventual goal of water conservation research is to have water … when economic incentives exist. The farm manager requires a basic understanding of the economics of water use in order to …

part of the Murray Darling Basin in Australia. A water balance model is used to predict reduced basin inflows for mild … including: deficit irrigation, temporarily following of some areas, permanently reducing the irrigated area and changing the mix … water availability and thus costs of such a reduction are likely to be relatively small. In more severe climate change …

We present Mendeley-readership information for 30 journals from the German Handelsblatt ranking for Economics and …