There is a growing need to assess the effects of policies and global changes on both water
resources and agriculture. Agricultural programming models are adequate to study this topic …

This paper presents a methodological approach to the analysis of various combinations of
agricultural policy and irrigation water-pricing alternatives. Policy scenarios are simulated by …

Abstract D ietzenbacher E. and V elázquez E.(2007) Analysing Andalusian virtual water
trade in an input–output framework, Regional Studies 41, 1–12. Andalusian agricultural …

Enlarging the scope of agricultural policy analysis, with contemporary issues such as
multifunctional farming, means that conventional models should be adjusted. Starting from …

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of agriculture and water policy
scenarios on the sustainability of selected irrigated farming systems in Italy, in the context of …

Over the last 30 years, olive farming has experienced a fast and large-scale intensification
process across its Mediterranean range, that is reshaping Mediterranean farmland …

The water resources research and practice community excels at the development of
innovative and varied ideas and blueprints to replace existing flawed water management …

Sustaining irrigated agriculture to meet food production needs while maintaining aquatic
ecosystems is at the heart of many policy debates in various parts of the world, especially in …

This paper describes a comparative analysis of alternative methods of constructing
composite indicators to measure the sustainability of the agricultural sector. The three …

In arid countries worldwide, social conflicts between irrigation-based human development
and the conservation of aquatic ecosystems are widespread and attract many public …