Modelling the economic tradeoffs between allocating water for crop production or leaching for salinity management

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Matthews, N ^a   Grove B ^a   Barnard, J H ^a   van Rensburg, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Economics; Leaching; Non linear optimisation; Salinity; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES; NON-LINEAR OPTIMISATION; SALINITY; SALINITY MANAGEMENT; TRADE OFF;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MODEL TEST; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954237919     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i1.50905     Document Type: Article

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