Agricultural water allocation efficiency in a developing country canal irrigation system. (21st June 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Agricultural water allocation efficiency in a developing country canal irrigation system. (21st June 2017)
- Main Title:
- Agricultural water allocation efficiency in a developing country canal irrigation system
- Authors:
- Akram, Agha Ali
Mendelsohn, Robert - Abstract:
- Abstract: There is ample evidence that canal systems often fail to reach their design capacity. This study argues that inefficient allocation of water within canals is one cause. This study collects precise measures of farm-level water withdrawals using flow meters in a canal in Pakistan. These data reveal that farmers near the head of the canal get more canal water than farmers near the tail, even accounting for conveyance efficiency. The results suggest that improvements in canal water management would yield efficiency gains for the canal.
- Is Part Of:
- Environment and development economics. Volume 22:Number 5(2017:Oct.)
- Journal:
- Environment and development economics
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Number 5(2017:Oct.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 5 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0022-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 571
- Page End:
- 593
- Publication Date:
- 2017-06-21
- Subjects:
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
330.9 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EDE ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1355770X17000171 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1355-770X
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