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On-farm management of agricultural drainage water: An economic analysis

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  • Knapp, Keith
  • Letey, John
  • Dinar, Ariel

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This paper analyzes optimal management strategies for farms with limited natural drainage and no access to off-farm disposal facilities. A representative farm with conditions typical of a drainage problem area in the San Joaquin Valley is considered, using a long-run steady-state model. Optimal, profit-maximizing water applications were significantly less for this farm than would be profitable for a farm with no drainage problems. Relatively high yield levels were maintained, and the required pond size was relatively small. Comparatively little crop switching occurred relative to that on a farm with unlimited natural drainage, and drainwater reuse was not profitable when all costs were considered.

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  • Knapp, Keith & Letey, John & Dinar, Ariel, 1986. "On-farm management of agricultural drainage water: An economic analysis," Hilgardia, California Agricultural Experiment Station, vol. 54(4).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:hilgar:381374
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