Cost-Benefit Analysis of Irrigation Projects in Northeastern Brazil

William Cline

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1973, vol. 55, issue 4_Part_1, 622-627

Abstract: Cost-benefit analysis using empirical estimation of labor's shadow price and linear programming for crop selection is applied to major proposed irrigation projects for Brazil's Northeast. Over half the project area is approved. However, these capital intensive projects should rank below investments with similar rates of return but larger employment effects.

Date: 1973
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