Estimating the impacts of water pricing on smallholder irrigators in North West Province, South Africa

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1560-1566

  Stijn, Speelman ^a   Jeroen, Buysse ^a   Stefano, Farolfi ^b   Aymen, Frija ^a   Marijke, D'Haese ^a   Luc, D'Haese ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Irrigation; Simulation; Water savings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; FARM PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION WATER USE; SIMULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TWO STAGE; WATER DEMAND; WATER PRICES; WATER PRICING; WATER PRICING POLICIES; WATER SAVINGS; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SYSTEM; WATER USE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FARMS; IRRIGATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; PRICING POLICY; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68349098891     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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