We estimate how farmers adapted to a water restriction imposed through local governance.
The restriction imposed a uniform quota on water use with a 5-year allocation and allowed …

This study explores farmers' adjustments to their water use when faced with water
restrictions, distinguishing between intensive and extensive adjustments and examining …

We study how institutions such as water rights can complement new irrigation technologies
in promoting the sustainability of US agriculture. Using data from the Ogallala‐High Plains …

The problems caused by water scarcity demand important changes in the criteria and
objectives of water policies. The agricultural sector in Spain consumes up to 80% of all …

This paper provides an analysis of public adaptation to climate change using agricultural
water schemes in South American farms. Unlike other studies of adaptation, this paper …

Climate change and recurrent drought in many of the world's dry places continue to inspire
the search for economically attractive measures to conserve water. This study analyzes …

We create a proxy for the cost of irrigation water in Georgia from a sample of Georgia
irrigators by investigating the marginal cost of pumping groundwater. We then combine this …

The overall goal of our article is to better understand which matters for water savings, farmer
income and poverty in China's irrigation systems: incentives to managers or participation of …

This paper is concerned with the regulation of irrigation water via pricing. The main concepts
underlying efficient water use are first discussed and then applied in actual practice to …

Agricultural water conservation statutes are emerging in the West encouraging private
irrigators to improve on‐farm irrigation efficiency as a basinwide conservation measure. We …