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The Effect of Spatial Variability of Irrigation Applications on Risk-Efficient Strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Daniel J. Bernardo
Daniel J. Bernardo*
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Abstract

The effect of irrigation system uniformity on the selection of risk-efficient irrigation strategies is evaluated using crop simulation and stochastic dominance procedures. Alternative strategies are evaluated under assumptions of both uniform and non-uniform application. Results indicate that the variability of net returns resulting from the employment of a specified schedule increases when irrigation uniformity is explicitly represented. Solutions derived using economic efficiency and stochastic dominance criteria indicate that the uniformity with which irrigations are applied contributes to the application of water-intensive irrigation schedules.

Keywords

irrigation uniformitycrop simulationgrain sorghumirrigation strategiesstochastic dominance

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 77 - 86
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988

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