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An Analysis of Irrigation Organizations in Colombia through the Prism of Collective Action
(MDPI, 2019)
The objective of this article is to deepen the knowledge of collective action in irrigation organizations in Colombia, by identifying the limitations of the members for their organizational work and the variables of context ...
Agricultural Water Allocation Under Cyclical Scarcity: The Role of Priority Water Rights
(MDPI, 2020)
Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource worldwide, suggesting that water rationing methods should be revised to improve water allocation efficiency, especially during cyclical scarcity events (droughts). The ...
The Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response Model to Structure Cause−Effect Relationships between Agriculture and Aquatic Ecosystems
(MDPI, 2021)
Different segments of society have shown interest in understanding the effects of human activities on ecosystems. To this end, the aim of this article is to analyze the scientific literature on the application of the ...
Hydro-Economic Modelling for Water-Policy Assessment Under Climate Change at a River Basin Scale: A Review
(MDPI, 2020)
Hydro-economic models (HEMs) constitute useful instruments to assess water-resource management and inform water policy. In the last decade, HEMs have achieved significant advances regarding the assessment of the impacts ...
Learning from the Past in the Transition to Open-Pollinated Varieties
(MDPI, 2020)
In Nepal, hybrid seed introduction caused major yield gains in agricultural production, but at high environmental costs. The development of high-yielding open-pollinated varieties has spurred hope for more sustainable ...
Knowledge Transfer on Digital Transformation: An Analysis of the Olive Landscape in Andalusia, Spain
(MDPI, 2022)
The global economy, and agriculture, in particular, faces significant challenges and transformation pressures. A major challenge, and opportunity, is the transformation towards digital agriculture or agriculture 4.0, where ...
The Economics of Fruit and Vegetable Production Irrigated with Reclaimed Water Incorporating the Hidden Costs of Life Cycle Environmental Impacts
(MDPI, 2021)
The estimation and quantification of external environmental costs (hidden costs) are crucial to sustainability assessments of treated wastewater reuse projects. These costs, however, are rarely considered in economic ...
An Analysis of the Impact of Forest Policy on Rural Areas of Chile
(MDPI, 2020)
The relationship between the forest sector and the well-being of people that depend on it for their economic livelihoods in rural areas is of strong interest in forest policy. In this sense, Chile has developed a forest ...
An Analysis of the Global Applicability of Ostrom’s Design Principles to Diagnose the Functionality of Common-Pool Resource Institutions
(MDPI, 2017)
There are a number of gaps in reviews relating Ostrom’s design principles (DPs) to
common-pool resource (CPR) institutions. These include the geographical distribution of CPRs,
the performance of young CPRs relative to ...
Analysis of Stakeholders’ Attitudes towards Water Markets in Southern Spain
(MDPI, 2013)
This research examines stakeholders’ perceptions of and preferences for water
markets in agriculture, focusing on the likely barriers that might refrain them from
participating in such markets. The research was carried ...