Measuring the willingness of farmers to pay for groundwater in the highland areas of Jordan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-76

  Salman, Amer Zahi ^a   Al Karablieh, Emad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Groundwater; Price elasticity; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY REGIMES;

IRRIGATION;

CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GROUNDWATER; PRICING POLICY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2542616016     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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