Water for Agriculture: Irrigation Economics in International PerspectiveWorld population is set to increase by a third in the next 25 years, with no corresponding increase in global rainfall. About seventy per cent of the world's abstracted water is used in farming and therefore the economics of irrigation is becoming an increasingly important issue for sustainable development. Water for Agriculture provides a thorough overview of this highly topical subject, written in a clear and accessible style. The Scope of the book is wide both in its analysis and in its geographical coverage. Topics covered include the infrastructure, operation and maintenance of irrigation service supply, the supply of drainage services, economic cost benefit analysis, water resource planning at the regional scale, political economy and irrigation policy. The content of Water for Agriculture is enhanced by numerous tables, diagrams, and in-depth case studies. This book will be an essential read for those professionals involved in the planning of water resources, and for advanced students studying this topic as part of agriculture, development studies, economics, engineering, environmental science, geography, hydrology and planning courses. |
Contents
The demand for irrigation services | 18 |
the infrastructure | 44 |
operation maintenance | 73 |
Drainage services demand and supply | 100 |
Social costbenefit analysis for irrigation | 121 |
Water allocation at the regional scale | 148 |
Institutional economics and irrigation policy | 183 |
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Water for Agriculture: Irrigation Economics in International Perspective Stephen Merrett Limited preview - 2003 |
Water for Agriculture: Irrigation Economics in International Perspective Stephen Merrett Limited preview - 2003 |
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abstraction charges abstraction rights agribusinesses allocation appropriation aquifer average overhead cost base supply benefit canal capacity capital catchment cent channel Chapter cost-benefit analysis crop cubic metres discount distribution drainage services drains economic engineering environmental estimation bias European Investment Bank evaluation evaporation evapotranspiration expenditure external reuse farmers farming families field supply finance gross margin groundwater hectare hydrological resource hydrosocial balance income increase infrastructure inputs institution institutional economics internal investment irrigated area irrigation and drainage irrigation cycle irrigation services irrigation water Jordan Valley Keveral King's Lynn land LBOD loan maintenance OM&M output Palestinian payment prime costs production pumps rainfall rate of return ratio region requirements reservoir river saline SCBA sediment social soil storage surface-water T-tape tonnage efficiency total cost transfer tubewells user associations volumetric price wastewater water efficiency water resource water supply water table West Bank World Bank