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1 Dinar, A.. 1987. Use of interdisciplinary models in extension: A case study of Rehovot region, Israel. Agricultural Administration and Extension, 24(3):165-176.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation programs ; Water allocation ; Tertiary level irrigation ; Irrigation efficiency ; Cotton ; Models ; Hydraulics ; Extension / Israel / Rehovot
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H02904)
2 Leten, J.; Woodring, C.; Dinar, A.; Oster, J. D. 1990. An economic analysis of irrigation systems. Irrigation Science, 11(1):37-43.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H06150)
3 Dinar, A.; Rhoades, J. D.; Nash, P.; Waggoner, B. L. 1991. Production functions relating crop yield, water quality and quantity, soil salinity and drainage volume. Agricultural Water Management, 19(1):51-66.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H07350)
4 Letey, J.; Dinar, A.. 1986. Simulated crop water production functions for several crops when irrigated with saline waters. Hilgardia, 54(1):1-32.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1979 Record No: H08547)
5 Yaron, D.; Dinar, A.. 1982. Optimal allocation of farm irrigation water during peak seasons. Reprinted from American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 64(4):681-689.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1995 Record No: H08700)
6 Loehman, E.; Dinar, A.. 1991. Political weights and cooperative solutions to externality problems: The case of irrigation water. Unknown. 45p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2072 Record No: H09144)
7 Dinar, A.. 1993. A dynamic model of soil salinity and drainage generation in irrigated agriculture: A framework for policy analysis. Water Resources Research, 29(6):1527-1537.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H013087)
This paper presents a dynamic model of irrigated agriculture that accounts for drainage generation and salinity accumulation. Critical model relationships involving crop production, soil salinity, and irrigation drainage are based on newly estimated functions derived from lysimeter field tests. The model allocates land and water inputs over time based on an intertemporal profit maximization objective function and soil salinity accumulation process. The model is applied to conditions in the San Joaquin Valley of California, where environmental degradation from irrigation drainage has become a policy issue. Findings indicate that in the absence of regulation, drainage volumes increase over time before reaching a steady state as increased quantities of water are allocated to leaching soil salts. The model is used to evaluate alternative drainage abatement scenarios involving drainage quotas and taxes, water supply quotas and taxes, and irrigation technology subsidies. In our example, direct drainage policies are more cost-effective in reducing drainage than policies operating indirectly through surface water use, although differences in cost efficiency are relatively small. In some cases, efforts to control drainage may result in increased soil salinity accumulation, with implications for long-term cropland productivity. While policy adjustments may alter the direction and duration of convergence to a steady state, findings suggest that a dynamic model specification may not be necessary due to rapid convergence to a common steady state under selected scenarios.
8 Dinar, A.. 1993. Economic factors and opportunities as determinants of water use efficiency in agriculture. Irrigation Science, 14(2):47-52.
Water use efficiency ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Irrigated farming / USA / Israel / California
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H013423)
9 Letey, J.; Dinar, A.; Knapp, K. C. 1985. Crop-water production function model for saline irrigation waters. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 49(4):1005-1009.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3284 Record No: H013819)
10 Dinar, A.; Howitt, R. E.; Zilberman, D. 1994. Irrigated agriculture and environmental pollution: Lessons from the Westside San Joaquin Valley, California. Washington, DC, USA: USDA. ii, 48p. (ERS staff paper)
Environmental effects ; Irrigation water ; Water pollution ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Drainage ; Water market ; Water rights / USA / California
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3688 Record No: H016040)
This report focuses on agricultural drainage and salinity problems associated with irrigated agriculture in the Central Valley of California. The development of irrigated agriculture in that region is described, along with the evolution of the drainage-salinity problems. Studies estimating the economic value of the damage and the social costs of solutions to the problems are discussed and compared. Physical, institutional, legal, and economic aspects are highlighted. Policy solutions need to take into account the complexity of the problem and the inability of a single measure to provide a comprehensive solution.
11 Dinar, A.. 1994. Impact of energy cost and water resource availability on agriculture and groundwater quality in California. Resource and Energy Economics, 16:47-66.
Groundwater ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Drought ; Farm income ; Simulation models ; Cropping systems ; Irrigated farming ; Energy / USA / California
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3698 Record No: H016146)
12 Zilberman, D.; Sunding, D.; Howitt, R.; Dinar, A.; MacDougall, N. 1994. Water for California agriculture: Lessons from the drought and new water market reform. Choices, 4:25-28.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3699 Record No: H016147)
13 Dinar, A.; Knapp, K. C. 1986. A dynamic analysis of optimal water use under saline conditions. Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 11(1):58-66.
Water use ; Soil salinity ; Crop yield ; Cotton ; Irrigation water ; Water quality ; Soil-water-plant relationships ; Economic analysis ; Water costs / USA
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3863 Record No: H016827)
14 Knapp, K.; Dinar, A.; Letey, J. 1986. On-farm management of agricultural drainage water: An economic analysis. Hilgardia, 54(4):1-31.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3868 Record No: H016832)
15 Dinar, A.; Wolf, A. 1994. International markets for water and the potential for regional cooperation: Economic and political perspectives in the Western Middle East. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 43(1):43-66.
Water resources ; Water market ; International cooperation ; Water transfer ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects ; Water demand ; Water allocation ; Models ; Case studies / Middle East / Egypt / Israel / Sudan / Ethiopia / West Bank / Gaza Strip / Nile River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 898 Record No: H03362)
16 Tsur, Y.; Dinar, A.. 1995. Efficiency and equity considerations in pricing and allocating irrigation water. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 40p. (Policy research working paper no.WPS 1460)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4292 Record No: H018978)
17 Lee, D. J.; Dinar, A.. 1996. Integrated models of river basin planning, development, and management. Water International, 21(4):213-222.
Water resource management ; River basin development ; Models ; Water quality ; Environmental effects
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: PER Record No: H019860)
18 Tsur, Y.; Dinar, A.. 1996. On the relative efficiency of alternative methods for pricing irrigation water and their implementation. In Pigram, J. J. (Ed.), Security and sustainability in a mature water economy: A global perspective: Water and Resource Economics Consortium, proceedings of an international workshop, University of Melbourne, February 1996. Armidale, NSW, Australia: University of New England. Centre for Water Policy Research. pp.73-97.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PIG Record No: H020163)
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19 Moore, M. R.; Dinar, A.. 1995. Water and land as quantity-rationed inputs in California agriculture: Empirical tests and water policy implications. Land Economics, 71(4):445-461.
Surface water ; Land ; Models ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Water costs ; Water allocation ; Crop production / USA / California / San Joaquin Valley
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4481 Record No: H020457)
20 Sunding, D.; Zilberman, D.; MacDougall, N.; Howitt, R.; Dinar, A.. 1997. Modeling the impacts of reducing agricultural water supplies: Lessons from California's bay/delta problem. In Parker, D. D.; Tsur, Y. (Eds.), Decentralization and coordination of water resource management. Norwell, MA, USA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp.389-409.
Irrigation water ; Irrigated farming ; Water delivery ; Water use ; Water allocation ; Water policy ; Models / USA / California
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PAR Record No: H020848)
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