Can drip irrigation technology be socially beneficial? Evidence from Southern India

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-587

  Suresh Kumar, D ^a   Palanisami, K ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Externalities; Resource saving; Social benefit cost ratio (SBCR); Well failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051525456     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.311     Document Type: Review

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