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Eckert & Wang 1993
Eckert, J.B. and Wang, E. (1993). Effects of irrigation water supply variations on limited resource farming in Conejos County, Colorado. Water Resources Research 29: doi: 10.1029/92WR02028. issn: 0043-1397.

Farms in NE Conejos County, Colorado, are characterized by limited sources, uncertain surface flow irrigation systems, and mixed crop-livestock enterprise combinations which are dependent on public grazing resources. To model decision making on these farms, a linear program is developed stressing enterprise choices under conditions of multiple resource constraints. Differential access to grazing resources and irrigation water is emphasized in this research. Regarding the water resource, the model reflects farms situated alternatively on high-, medium-, and low-priority irrigation ditches within the Alamosa-La Jara river system, each with and without supplemental pumping. Differences are found in optimum enterprise mixes, net returns, choice of cropping technology, level of marketings, and other characteristics in response to variations in the availability of irrigation water. Implications are presented for alternative improvement strategies. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Hydrology, Irrigation, Hydrology, Water supply, Policy Sciences, System operation and management, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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Water Resources Research
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