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Irrigated agriculture and the Great Plains: problems and policy alternatives [Ogallala Aquifer-High Plains Region; Nebraska; Colorado; Kansas; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas; USA]
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Beattie, Bruce R. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Abstract | A more appropriate title for this paper might be "Irrigated Agriculture and the Great Plains: Problems (Real and Imagined) and Policy Alternatives (The Continuing Evolution of a Transfer Society)." However, being a cautious agricultural economist by training and predilection, and being an outsider from a potential "water-exporting" region, that temptation was resisted. Nevertheless it is indeed that title that best describes what this paper is about. As we look at the myriad of problems, issues and opportunities afforded by irrigated agriculture on the Great Plains (specifically the Ogallala Aquifer region) and consider what if anything that society and we as consultant-advisors to social decision makers should do, it seems clear that one needs to sort out the real problems from the imagined ones, and that we try to get at what really is at the heart of the policy-political issue. Accordingly, the paper begins with a brief overview of the dimensions of irrigated agriculture on the Great Plains, and the possible implications of a declining Ogallala Aquifer. Next the economic-social objectives of efficiency and equity are considered relative to the Ogallala problem in an attempt to sort real from imagined problems. Finally the Ogallala problem is considered from the perspective of the property-rights-political- |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/32582/files/06020289.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
