@article{Segarra:198204,
      recid = {198204},
      author = {Segarra, Eduardo},
      title = {Depletion of a Ground Water Source: The Role of Irrigation  Technology Adoption},
      address = {1997},
      number = {1000-2016-78116},
      pages = {11},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {Under irrigated conditions agricultural producers are  expected to adjust their crop patterns,
irrigation systems,  and production practices as ground water tables decline and  irrigation costs increase.
This study provides insight into  the efficient path of irrigation technology adoption and  the implications
associated with this process. It is shown  that: (a) the efficient crop pattern is related to the  ground water
supply condition; (b) declines in the  proportion of high water requirement crops produced are  rapid with
high pumping lift and thin saturated thickness;  and (c) declines in saturated thickness appear to have  a
greater impact on crop pattern and irrigated acreage than  do increases in pumping lift. Furthermore, it is
shown that  the adoption rate of advanced irrigation systems is  expected to be higher the more abundant is
the ground water  source.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198204},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198204},
}