Conservation potential of agricultural water conservation subsidies

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Huffaker, Ray ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WATER; ECONOMIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; IRRIGATED CROPS; ON-FARM IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; REAL-WORLD;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; STREAMFLOW; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 53649088322     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006183     Document Type: Article

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