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Economic Values of Irrigation Water in Four Areas Along the Snake River in Idaho

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Economic Values of Irrigation Water in Four Areas Along the Snake River in Idaho
Creator Kindeborg, Karl
Date 1970-01-01
Coverage Snake River; Boise Basin 42.63, -114.53
Subject water costs; irrigation; irrigation efficiency
Description In Idaho, about 97 percent of total water use is for irrigation. Some of the state's major exports are produced on irrigated acreage and the future prosperity of Idaho seems to depend on expanded food processing and food exports which in turn depend on increased agricultural production. Large increases in agricultural production can only be achieved through greater efficiencies in use of present resources or through including new land under irrigation. However, agriculture must compete with...
Relation Boise Basin
Contributor Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Publisher University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/221

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