Cost of managing with less: cutting water subsidies and supplies in Egypt's agriculture

Using a mathematical-programming agricultural-sector model of Egypt, this paper analyzes mechanisms for allocating scarce water and for charging the farmers the Operation and Management (O&M) costs of irrigation and drainage, currently covered by the government. The effects of cost recovery are nega...

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Main Author: Lofgren, Hans
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1996
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157088

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