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ECONOMIC OPTIMISATION OF SPRINKLER IRRIGATION CONSIDERING UNCERTAINTY OF SPATIAL WATER DISTRIBUTION *
Author(s) -
Feinerman Eli,
Shani Y.,
Bresler E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1989.tb00688.x
Subject(s) - irrigation , agricultural engineering , environmental science , distribution uniformity , production (economics) , deficit irrigation , farm water , water conservation , distribution (mathematics) , water use , water resource management , irrigation management , mathematics , engineering , agronomy , economics , biology , macroeconomics , mathematical analysis
The study is focused on the development and the application of a stochastic economic optimisation model by which optimal levels of applied water and sprinkler spacing are determined. Data on crop‐water production function and uniformity of water application are taken from a sprinkler irrigation plot of sweet corn. It was found that a saving of irrigation water can be achieved not only by raising water prices but also by increasing application uniformity.