Schoengold, Karina; Zilberman, David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2933-2977). 2007
The post-World War II era has witnessed a drastic increase in irrigation activities that have contributed substantially … distinction has to be made between the overall positive contribution of irrigation to agricultural productivity and economic … irrigation. In many cases, water resources have been overdeveloped; there has been overspending on capital; and significant costs …
