EXPECTED BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE USE OF MORE SOPHISTICATED IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES

Luis R. Zavaleta, Ronald D. Lacewell and C. Robert Taylor

No 278187, 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: To measure the expected benefits that may be derived from a sophisticated irrigation technology, a stochastic open-loop feedback control policy was built into a grain sorghum growth simulation model. The control policy operated under the basis of constant revision of the expectations generated at every starting point for each of the production periods.

Keywords: Productivity; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1979-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278187

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