High natural gas prices have agricultural producers searching for alternative energy sources for irrigation. The … irrigation. Texas Panhandle and Southern Kansas farms are assessed with a quarter-mile sprinkler system, three crops, and two … pumping lifts. Breakeven points identify the price at which conversion from a natural gas irrigation system to an electric or …

analysis indicates that weather volatility and, especially, the fluctuations in the availability of irrigation water have … of irrigation water may encourage irrigation-dependent countries of the region to aggressively raise wheat stocks to face … impacts of lower irrigation water availability on wheat yields. In order to counteract such developments, it is necessary to …

This article analyses the impact of a water allocation priority policy for a specific crop on farmers’ acreage … an arid region in northwest China. The results show that the water policy change results in a lower elasticity of land …

, water and chemical use, labour use and economic results. By referring to this set of indicators it is possible to … systems. The results of the empirical analysis mainly show a reduction in water and chemical input use, an increase in the …