Investigating the delayed on-farm consequences of selling water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-82

  Wheeler, Sarah Ann ^a   Zuo, Alec ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irrigators; On farm economic impacts; Water entitlements; Water use

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; IRRIGATORS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; WATER USE;

EID: 84908266508     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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