Are Investments in Groundwater Irrigation Profitable? A Case of Rice Farms from South India

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-66

  Varghese, Shalet Korattukudy ^a   Buysse, Jeroen ^a   Frija, Aymen ^a   Speelman, Stijn ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Groundwater irrigation investments; Groundwater management; India groundwater use; Irrigation; Optimal irrigation costs; Tragedy of the Commons; Wells

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER USE; IRRIGATION COSTS; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

ABSTRACTING; COSTS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY; WELLS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PADDY FIELD; PROFITABILITY; RICE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER;

INDIA;

MATTHIOLA INCANA;

EID: 84873322527     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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