Economic benefits of controlled tile drainage: Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices, South Nation River basin, Ontario

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-41

  Crabbé, Philippe ^a   Lapen, David R ^b   Clark, Harvey ^b   Sunohara, Mark ^b   Liu, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled tile drainage; JEL Q15; Long run on farm marginal benefit; Off farm valuation; South Nation River basin; Watershed evaluation of beneficial management practices

Indexed keywords

JEL Q15; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MARGINAL BENEFIT; RIVER BASINS; TILE DRAINAGE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; FARMS; INVESTMENTS; LANDFORMS; OILSEEDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS;

WATERSHEDS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARGINALIZATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; RIVER BASIN; SOYBEAN; TILE DRAIN; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SOUTH NATION BASIN;

EID: 84862561065     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.007     Document Type: Article

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