Integrating agricultural policies and water policies under water supply and climate uncertainly

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Mejías, Patricia ^a   Varela Ortega, Consuelo ^b   Flichman, Guillermo ^c  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Inst Agronom Mediterraneen M   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural policies; Stochastic programming; Water policies; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP); WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

POLICY MAKING; PRICING POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 4143135290     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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