Economic and environmental aspects of nonuniform agricultural irrigation

Conference · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics; (United States)

OSTI ID:6882755

House, B W; Warden, B T; Helfand, G E; Larson, D M ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Davis (United States)

This paper studies the effects of irrigation nonuniformity on nitrate leaching and profits for different levels of applied water. Controlling water application as irrigation uniformity increases can led to reductions in nitrate leaching and sustain relative profits. Water conservation incentives are more effective than direct nitrate reduction incentives.

• OSTI ID: 6882755
• Report Number(s): CONF-9208213-; CODEN: AJAEBA
• Journal Information: American Journal of Agricultural Economics; (United States), Vol. 74:5; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), Baltimore, MD (United States), 9-12 Aug 1992; ISSN 0002-9092
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
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ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
NITRATES
LEACHING
WATER USE
AGRICULTURE
CROPS
WATER
WATER RESOURCES
DISSOLUTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESOURCES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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