The economics of deficit irrigation

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-364

  Wang, Chenggang ^a   Nair, Shyam ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resource dilemma; Deficit irrigation; Groundwater resources; Water economics

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; COMMON POOL RESOURCE DILEMMA; COMMON POOL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION POLICY; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; ECONOMIC PROBLEMS; IRRIGATION WATER ALLOCATION; RESOURCE ECONOMISTS; WATER ECONOMIC; WATERS RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84881552349     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nrm.12004     Document Type: Article

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