58 research outputs found
Improving water productivity: how do we get more crop from every drop
Water management / Productivity / Irrigation management / Supplemental irrigation / Crop production
Valuing improvements in the water rights system in South Africa : a contingent ranking approach
In the context of increasing water scarcity, understanding is growing that irrigation water rights are important and that a lack of effective water rights systems constitute a major reason for inefficient water management. This study carried out a contingent ranking experiment to study how smallholder irrigators in South Africa would value potential changes in water rights. Three specific dimensions of water rights, relevant for the South African case, are considered: duration, quality of title and transferability. Results indicate that smallholder irrigators are prepared to pay considerably higher water prices if improvements are made in the water rights system. This implies that the proposed interventions in the water rights system would improve the efficiency and productivity of the small-scale irrigation sector. The increased willingness to pay could furthermore also assist South African government to reach the objective of increased cost recovery
Incorporating the Water Footprint and Virtual Water into Policy: Reflections from the Mancha Occidental Region, Spain
Reaping what we sow: acting now to reduce the negative environmental consequences of agriculture
A little water can go a long way: reducing rural poverty through better management of rainwater
Rice cultivation in the 21st century: how to feed more people, reduce poverty, and protect ecosystem services
Developing and managing river basins: the need for adaptive, multilevel, collaborative institutional arrangements
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