## Abstract Irrigation is by far the largest water user in Europe and this is a cause of increasing concern for European environmental policy makers. Insufficient water pricing as well as a subsidy policy that encouraged the development of irrigated crops have been blamed for having favoured an exc
Water Pricing and Sustainability of Self-Governing Irrigation Schemes
β Scribed by Pierre-Yves Le Gal; Thierry Rieu; Charles Fall
- Book ID
- 111549302
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-6291
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