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Filtering by: Committee Member Brooks, Raymond Committee Member Adams, Richard Subject Irrigation farming -- Climatic factors -- Pacific Coast (U.S.)

Irrigation choices for major West Coast crops : water scarcity and climatic determinants

Creator:

Olen, Beau

Abstract:

Recent climate change forecasts have aroused growing interest in the influence of water scarcity and climate on agricultural production and irrigation practice. However, it is common in the economic literature to aggregate disparate crops when modeling irrigation choices. That approach confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis