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Predicted economic effects of environmental quality control policies on linear firm models and an application to an irrigated farm model

Creator:: Clark, Richard T.
Abstract:: Linear economic models were utilized to predict effects of various environmental control policies on individual firms. Four different linear models were specified and in some instances relatively minor changes in specification were made which resulted in additional sub-models. Models varied as to numbers and types of fixed factors, variable cost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: / '/yirtjU JQ'J^- (Major) ' (©ate) Title: PREDICTED ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

An economic study of irrigation potential for Columbia Plateau farms in Oregon

Creator:: Bowman, Thomas Michael
Abstract:: The farmers of the Columbia Plateau region of Oregon, as well as other individuals and groups, have expressed a desire for information on the economic feasibility of irrigated farming in their area. This recent interest in irrigation is a result of reduced lifts and lower pumping costs brought about by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and groups, have expressed a desire for information on the economic feasibility of irrigated farming

A farm-level economic analysis of water-conserving irrigation systems and commercial agricultural water transfers to instream flows in central Oregon

Creator:: Turner, Brenda
Abstract:: The middle Deschutes River between Bend, Oregon and Lake Billy Chinook typically experiences critically low flows during the irrigation season. Commercial agriculture in the North Unit Irrigation District and Central Oregon Irrigation District is one major user of Deschutes River water. The overall objective of this research was to estimate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The impact of economic and institutional forces on farmer adjustment in the north unit Deschutes project

Creator:: Kimball, Norman Delmar
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Economic evaluation of different cropping patterns under irrigated agriculture : a multidisciplinary approach

Creator:: Mahrouf, Abdul R. M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to determine the socioeconomic factors which influence the profitability and adoption of new cropping patterns, and to recommend suitable measures to enhance the crop diversification program in Mahaweli System B, Sri Lanka. The adoption of new cropping patterns is determined by a number of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Economic Evaluation of Different Cropping Patterns Under Irriqated Aqriculture: A Multidisciplinary

Livelihoods and land use change in highland Ethiopia

Creator:: Guillozet, Kathleen
Abstract:: This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain access to forest resources, and integrate socioeconomic, bio-physical and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: describe political, historic, biophysical and economic factors that shape vulnerability. Chapter three

Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

Creator:: Kalinin, Alexey V.
Abstract:: Signs of climate change across the Pacific Northwest indicate changing patterns of timing and availability of stream flow. Declining summer low flows, decreasing snow pack, higher temperatures and an increasing fraction of mountain precipitation falling as rain, raise concerns about future reliability of stream flows. These changes will likely affect...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: farmers’ livelihoods and the basin’s economy. This study focuses on two economic questions about water

Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin : Evaluating trade-offs and interconnections

Creator:: Boehlert, Brent B.
Abstract:: In 2001, an extreme drought tightened water supply in the Upper Klamath Basin (basin) while earlier increases in Endangered Species Act (ESA) water requirements for basin fish species that same year elevated demands. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), which manages irrigation water in parts of the basin located near the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , economic, and agronomic constraints. The results suggest that greater development of basin groundwater

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:: Stanton, Michael
Abstract:: This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are the Environmental, Economic, and Social Barriers To Achieving Agricultural Sustainability in The

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Predicted economic effects of environmental quality control policies on linear firm models and an application to an irrigated farm model

An economic study of irrigation potential for Columbia Plateau farms in Oregon

A farm-level economic analysis of water-conserving irrigation systems and commercial agricultural water transfers to instream flows in central Oregon

The impact of economic and institutional forces on farmer adjustment in the north unit Deschutes project

Economic evaluation of different cropping patterns under irrigated agriculture : a multidisciplinary approach

Livelihoods and land use change in highland Ethiopia

Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin : Evaluating trade-offs and interconnections

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

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