The potential farm-level gains from improvements in a tertiary canal vary among farmers according to their location along the canal. An economic model describing that variation is developed using the concept of irrigation success, which considers the degree to which water volume and quality, and the timing of irrigation events match the requirements of plants throughout a season. A bid-rent mod...

the purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to determine problems and success factors among members of water user associations (wuas) in moqan, tajan and varamin areas in northern iran. the population consisted of farmers who were members of water user associations (n= 2,500). using simple random sampling procedure, 262 farmers were selected for the study. a researcher made structur...

The paper explores the almost “unknown territory” of economic evaluation pre-emption rights (PRs) in agriculture, by focusing on two PRs held tenant farmers Italy: purchasing rented land and contract renewal. For both PRs, main characteristics an historical framework are provided. research has three goals: PR values estimations, exploring factors that affect tenant's choice rating values. Lacki...

This article argues that a gendered conceptualisation of rights means an invisible barrier had to be surmounted when attempting frame denial access abortion in Northern Ireland as human violation. It considers the Supreme Court decisions In matter application by Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) and R (on A B) v Secretary State Health; examines what they reveal abou...

In the Savannah region of West Africa, the highly variable rainfall and poor soils have been shown to di€erentially a€ect the yield potential of various crops. The paper applies a simple risk programming model to assess the e€ects of price and yield risk on the incomes of smallholder farmers in northern region of Coà te d'Ivoire. The analysis showed that by considering price and yield risks, it...

R1170 Current Biology 26, R1167–R1176, November 21, 2016 for the Science of Human History at Jena, Germany (Science (2016) 354, 268–269). The last surviving groups of tropical forest tribes are currently facing the threat of extinction due to the ongoing destruction of their forests (Curr. Biol. (2015) 25, R635–R638). Linking their plight to the need to conserve forests to combat climate change...

— The privatization of water is being strongly promoted by the World Bank in Peru and other countries as a solution to the problems commonly afflicting irrigation and water management, a proposal that has inspired strong protest among peasant farmers throughout the Andes. A viable alternative to it is presented here, one that would allow the Bank to do many of the things it would like to in cre...