In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of the empirical literature on
methodologies applied to measure irrigation efficiency. Evaluating production unit efficiency …

Cotton is the second largest crop of Pakistan in terms of area after wheat and is being
suffered by multiple shocks over the time due to conventional agricultural management …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) improves agricultural productivity and enhance farm income
on a sustainable basis, enhance water and nutrients use efficiency, resilient to climatic …

Informal groundwater markets have spontaneously developed in Pakistan due to the
heterogeneity of farmers' resource endowments, irrigation water shortages, and productivity …

Pakistani farmers are using groundwater at an increasing rate to supplement their irrigation
needs. This practice has led to overexploitation of groundwater in the country, resulting in …

Pakistan is the world's third-largest user of groundwater and the fourth-largest groundwater
withdrawing country. The Indus Basin aquifer from where Pakistan withdraws its …

Groundwater irrigation has a critical role in the sustainability of arable farming in many
developing countries including Pakistan. Groundwater irrigation is generally practiced to …

Based on the grain production data of the counties (cities, districts) in Poyang Lake Basin,
this paper uses the productivity index of Epsilon Based Measure of Malmquist Luenberger …

Irrigation is an important adaptation strategy to cope with climate change which reduces
vulnerability to water stress and improves crop productivity to feed millions. There is …