Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water: A Case of Tank Irrigation Systems in South India

The economic value of tank irrigation water was determined through Contingency Valuation Method by analyzing farmers’ willingness to pay for irrigation water under improved water supply conditions during wet and dry seasons of paddy cultivation. Quadratic production function was also used to determi...

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Main Authors: Karthikeyan Chandrasekaran, Sureshkumar Devarajulu, Palanisami Kuppannan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-08-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/1/1/5/