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An economic perspective on the environmental costs and benefits of irrigated agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorWichelns, Dennis, author
dc.contributor.authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-20T17:27:43Z
dc.date.available2020-07-20T17:27:43Z
dc.date.issued1998-06
dc.descriptionPresented at Contemporary challenges for irrigation and drainage: proceedings from the USCID 14th technical conference on irrigation, drainage and flood control held on June 3-6, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona.
dc.description.abstractA conceptual framework that depicts soma of the private and public costs and benefits of irrigated agriculture is presented for use in identifying situations in which public policies might be implemented to generate a socially optimal use of resources in a competitive equilibrium. The framework is useful in describing the potential social gains or losses due to policies that motivate farmers to internalize the external costs or benefits of their activities. The model is demonstrated using the example of water quality issues pertaining to irrigation and drainage in California's San Joaquin Valley. The potential social costs of public policies designed to reduce the volume of subsurface drain water and selenium loads discharged into the San Joaquin River are examined using the conceptual framework.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumproceedings (reports)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/210806
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofIrrigation Management
dc.relation.ispartofContemporary challenges for irrigation and drainage, Phoenix, Arizona, June 3-6, 1998
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dc.sourceContained in: Contemporary challenges for irrigation and drainage, Phoenix, Arizona, June 3-6, 1998, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/46837
dc.titleAn economic perspective on the environmental costs and benefits of irrigated agriculture
dc.title.alternativeUSCID 14th technical conference
dc.title.alternativeEnvironmental costs and benefits
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