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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Valuing water in irrigated agriculture and reservoir fisheries: A multiple-use irrigation system in Sri Lanka
Autores:  Renwick, Mary E.
Data:  2008-11-06
Ano:  2001
Palavras-chave:  Irrigation management
Water management
Irrigation programs
Irrigated farming
Rice
Production costs
Income
Economic evaluation
Water allocation
Water delivery
Fisheries
Reservoirs
Productivity
Crop production
Models
Family labor
Agribusiness
Agricultural Finance
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Consumer/Household Economics
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Food Security and Poverty
Labor and Human Capital
Productivity Analysis
Resumo:  Although irrigation projects often provide water for more than crop irrigation, water allocation and management decisions often do not account for nonirrigation uses of water. Failure to account for the multiple uses of irrigation water may result in inefficient and inequitable water allocation decisions. Decision-makers often lack information on the relative economic contributions of water in irrigation and nonirrigation uses. This report addresses this problem. It examines the relative economic contributions of irrigated agriculture and reservoir fisheries in the Kirindi Oya irrigation system, located in southeastern Sri Lanka. The results of the analysis indicate the importance of both irrigated paddy production and reservoir fisheries to the local economy. They also demonstrate significant potential financial and economic gains to irrigated agriculture from improvements in water management practices.
Tipo:  Report
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  ISSN 1026-0862

ISBN 92-9090-439-9

http://purl.umn.edu/44569
Relação:  International Water Management Institute>IWMI Research Reports
IWMI Research Report
51
Formato:  v, 34p.
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