Technical and allocative efficiency of irrigation water use in the Guanzhong Plain, China

Food Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-52

  Tang, Jianjun ^a,c   Folmer, Henk ^a,b   Xue, Jianhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Economic efficiency; Irrigation water; Perception of water scarcity; Structural equation modeling; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84919808050     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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