Price induced irrigation water saving: Unraveling conflicts and synergies between European agricultural and water policies for a Greek Water District

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-38

  Kampas, Athanasios ^a   Petsakos, Athanasios ^a   Rozakis, Stelios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bio economic modeling; Irrigation; Mathematical programming; Policy analysis; Price endogenous model; Water demand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865340201     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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