@article{Heaney:117573,
      recid = {117573},
      author = {Heaney, Anna and Beare, Stephen and Bell, Rosalyn},
      title = {Evaluating improvements in irrigation efficiency as a  salinity mitigation option in the South Australian  Riverland},
      journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2001},
      number = {428-2016-27848},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {A modelling framework incorporating relationships between  agricultural production and groundwater hydrology was  developed to estimate the benefits of improved irrigation  efficiency in the Riverland of South Australia. Increased  irrigation efficiency can generate external benefits to  downstream users through reduced discharge of saline  groundwater. In the Riverland these benefits are large in  comparison to the direct value of the irrigation water.  However, the non‐exclusive and site‐specific nature of  these benefits makes it difficult to fully internalise them  through market instruments such as salinity credits.  Achieving optimal irrigation efficiency is likely to  require institutional arrangements that promote collective  investment and public expenditure.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117573},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.117573},
}