This book includes a set of papers from distinguished scholars who critically examine economic issues relating to the relationship between water and agriculture, with a special focus on irrigation. Employing state of the art methodologies, they address the most relevant issues in water policy. The volume offers a wide spectrum of innovative approaches and original and relevant cases with a focus on irrigated European agriculture. The topics analyzed include qualitative and quantitative issues, water markets, demand analysis, economic analysis, implementation of economic issues.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Economic Analysis of Reducing Diffuse Nutrient Discharge into Water Bodies Chapter 2 : The Closure of the Guadalquivir River Basin : A DPSIR Framework Approach Chapter 3 : Water Trading with Multiple Water Sources : a Case Study in the Reno Basin, Italy Chapter 4 : Estimating an Average Dairy Farm’s Demand for Water in New Zealand Chapter 5 : Economics of Rainfed and Irrigated Potato Production in a Humid Environment Chapter 6 : Sustainable Development of Existing Irrigation Dams towards Energy Production. A Case Study in an Agricultural Area in Greece Chapter 7 : The Disproportionality Principle in the WFD : How to Actually Apply it? Chapter 8 : Irrigation Water Resource : Economic Evaluation and Scenario Analysis in a Rice-cultivated Area Chapter 9 : Price Volatility and Water Demand in Agriculture. A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Spain) Chapter 10 : Understanding Equity and Equality in Sustainable Irrigation Water Management Chapter 11 : Incentive Pricing Mechanisms for Irrigation Water under Asymmetric Information Chapter 12 : Water Management and Institutional Adaptation Strategies in the Irrigation Sector : Two Experiences in Emilia-Romagna Chapter 13 : A Spatial Econometric Approach to Assess the Impact of RDPs Agri-environmental Measures on the Gross Nitrogen Balance : The Case Study of Emilia-Romagna Chapter 14 : Setting Up Young Farmers" RDP Measure Impacts in Greek Irrigated Agriculture
