A collection of the most advanced and authoritative agricultural-economic research in the face of increasing water scarcity.
Agriculture has been critical in the development of the American economy. Except in parts of the western United States, water access has not been a critical constraint on agricultural productivity, but with climate change, this may no longer be the case. This volume highlights new research on the interconnections between American agriculture, water resources, and climate change. It examines climatic and geologic factors that affect the agricultural sector and highlights historical and contemporary farmer responses to varying conditions and water availability. It identifies the potential effects of climate change on water supplies, access, agricultural practices, and profitability, and analyzes technological, agronomic, management, and institutional adjustments. Adaptations such as new crops, production practices, irrigation technologies, water conveyance infrastructure, fertilizer application, and increased use of groundwater can generate both social benefits and social costs, which may be internalized with various institutional innovations. Drawing on both historical and present experiences, this volume provides valuable insights into the economics of water supply in American agriculture as climate change unfolds.
| ISBN: | 9780226830612 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2024 |
| Author: | Gary D Libecap, Ariel Dinar |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 424 pages |
| Series: | National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Genres: |
Climate change Agricultural science |
A collection of the most advanced and authoritative agricultural-economic research in the face of increasing water scarcity.
Agriculture has been critical in the development of the American economy. Except in parts of the western United States, water access has not been a critical constraint on agricultural productivity, but with climate change, this may no longer be the case. This volume highlights new research on the interconnections between American agriculture, water resources, and climate change. It examines climatic and geologic factors that affect the agricultural sector and highlights historical and contemporary farmer responses to varying conditions and water availability. It identifies the potential effects of climate change on water supplies, access, agricultural practices, and profitability, and analyzes technological, agronomic, management, and institutional adjustments. Adaptations such as new crops, production practices, irrigation technologies, water conveyance infrastructure, fertilizer application, and increased use of groundwater can generate both social benefits and social costs, which may be internalized with various institutional innovations. Drawing on both historical and present experiences, this volume provides valuable insights into the economics of water supply in American agriculture as climate change unfolds.
American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change features in the following genres: Climate change, Agricultural science
American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change is available in Hardback
American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change was written by Gary D Libecap, Ariel Dinar and published by The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press
American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change has 424 pages
Yes it is part of National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report series
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