Economic performance of irrigation capacity development to adapt to climate in the American Southwest

Ward, Frank A.; Crawford, Terry L.

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.057

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“…Focusing on irrigation infrastructure, Zhang et al (2015) claimed that advanced irrigation infrastructure can help mitigate drought impacts more in the Southwest part of the US than in the Northeast. Ward and Crawford (2016) further found that enhanced storage capacity of water can increase crop valuation by 30% in the Southwest region. Storage of water can be useful in the Southeast part of the country, as evidenced by Vico et al (2020).…”

Section: Theme 3: Evaluating Specific Adaptation Optionsmentioning

confidence: 93%

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US farmers’ adaptations to climate change: a systematic review of adaptation-focused studies in the US agriculture context

Ishtiaque

2023

Environ. Res.: Climate

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Farmers in the US are adopting a range of strategies to deal with climate change impacts, from changing planting dates to using sophisticated technologies. Studies on farmers’ adaptation in US agriculture focus on a variety of topics and provide an understanding of how farmers adapt to climate change impacts, which adaptation strategies offer better outcomes, and what challenges need to be addressed for effective adaptations. Nevertheless, we lack a comprehensive view of adaptation studies focusing on US farmers’ adaptations. A review of the adaptation studies in US agriculture will help us to understand current research trends and realize future research potential. To fulfill this gap, this study systematically reviewed peer-reviewed studies on adaptation to climate change in US agriculture. A systematic search on the Web of Science and Google Scholar platforms generated 95 articles for final review. These studies were categorized under five themes based on their topical relevance: i) reporting on-farm adaptations, ii) exploring potential adaptations, iii) evaluating specific adaptations, iv) challenges of adaptations, and v) perceptions toward adaptations. A skewed distribution of studies under these themes has been observed; a majority of the studies focused on evaluating specific adaptations (47%) followed by exploring potential adaptations (22%), while reporting on-farm adaptations (17%), challenges of adaptations (6%), and perception towards adaptations (8%) received less attention. In this article, key findings under each theme were presented and some areas for future research focus were broadly discussed. These findings indicate the need for more attention to documenting on-farm adaptation strategies and the associated challenges while emphasizing other themes.

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Section: Theme 3: Evaluating Specific Adaptation Optionsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Zhang et al 2018), Idaho(Frisvold and Bai 2016, Malek et al 2020, Malek et al 2021, Montana(Lauffenburger et al 2022). Southwest: California (Scanlon et al 2012), Colorado(Ko et al 2012, Ward 2014, Cody 2018, van der Pol et al 2022, New Mexico(Skaggs and Samani 2005, Ward 2014, Ward and Crawford 2016.…”

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US farmers’ adaptations to climate change: a systematic review of adaptation-focused studies in the US agriculture context

Ishtiaque

2023

Environ. Res.: Climate

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“…The relationship between risk-bearing capacity and performance has been emphasized in many previous studies, where strong risk-bearing capacity promotes performance (Teoh and Foo, 1997; Wang et al , 2020a, 2020b; Ward and Crawford, 2016). As trust declines with the crisis, the GTI performance may decline as well (Sjodin et al , 2020; Visnjic et al , 2016).…”

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How do university–industry alliances respond to the trust crisis in green technology innovation activities?

Zhang

2023

NBRI

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Purpose With the evolution of the turbulent environment constantly triggering the emergence of a trust crisis between organizations, how can university–industry (U–I) alliances respond to the trust crisis when conducting green technology innovation (GTI) activities? This paper aims to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach The authors examined the process of trust crisis damage, including trust first suffering instantaneous impair as well as subsequently indirectly affecting GTI level, and ultimately hurting the profitability of green innovations. In this paper, a piecewise deterministic dynamic model is deployed to portray the trust and the GTI levels in GTI activities of U–I alliances. Findings The authors analyze the equilibrium results under decentralized and centralized decision-making modes to obtain the following conclusions: Trust levels are affected by a combination of hazard and damage (short and long term) rates, shifting from steady growth to decline in the presence of low hazard and damage rates. However, the GTI level has been growing steadily. It is essential to consider factors such as the hazard rate, the damage rate in the short and long terms, and the change in marginal profit in determining whether to pursue an efficiency- or recovery-friendly strategy in the face of a trust crisis. The authors found that two approaches can mitigate trust crisis losses: implementing a centralized decision-making mode (i.e. shared governance) and reducing pre-crisis trust-building investments. This study offers several insights for businesses and academics to respond to a trust crisis. Research limitations/implications The present research can be extended in several directions. Instead of distinguishing attribution of trust crisis, the authors use hazard rate, short- and long-term damage rates and change in marginal profitability to distinguish the scale of trust crises. Future scholars can further add an attribution approach to enrich the classification of trust crises. Moreover, the authors only consider trust crises because of unexpected events in a turbulent environment; in fact, a trust crisis may also be a plateauing process, yet the authors do not study this situation. Practical implications First, the authors explore what factors affect the level of trust and the level of GTI when a trust crisis occurs. Second, the authors provide guidelines on how businesses and academics can coordinate their trust-building and GTI efforts when faced with a trust crisis in a turbulent environment. Originality/value First, the interaction between psychology and innovation management is explored in this paper. Although empirical studies have shown that trust in U–I alliances is related to innovation performance, and scholars have developed differential game models to portray the GTI process, building a differential game model to explore such an interaction is still scarce. Second, the authors incorporate inter-organizational trust level into the GTI level in university–industry collaboration, applying differential equations to portray the trust building and GTI processes, respectively, to reveal the importance of trust in CTI activities. Third, the authors establish a piecewise deterministic dynamic game model wherein the impact of crisis shocks is not equal to zero, which is inconsistent with most previous studies of Brownian motion.

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“…Adaptation measures also include fallowing land, shifting cropping patterns, increasing groundwater pumping, and expanding reservoir storage. Expanding reservoir storage for the Gila River basins was projected to increase regional farm income by 30% [41]. Near-and long-term strategies to cope with water limitation and excess are necessarily site specific.…”

Section: Water Resources Irrigation and Climate Change In The Southmentioning

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Crop Vulnerability to Weather and Climate Risk: Analysis of Interacting Systems and Adaptation Efficacy for Sustainable Crop Production

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Climate change is increasing mean and extreme temperatures in the Southwestern United States, leading to a suite of changes affecting agricultural production. These include changes in water, soils, pathogens, weeds, and pests comprising the production environment. The aim of this synthesis is to describe the anticipated leading agricultural pressures and adaptive responses, many of which are near-term actions with longer-term consequences. In the semiarid Southwestern United States, climate change is expected to increase water scarcity. Surface water shortage is the leading reason for recent diminished crop yields in the Southwest. Drought and lack of water represent the leading regional weather-related cause of crop loss from 1989 to 2017. Thus, water scarcity has been and will continue to be a critical factor leading to regional crop vulnerability. Soils, pathogens, weeds, and insects are components of the agricultural production environment and are directly influenced by near-term weather and long-term climate conditions. Field crops, vegetable crops, and perennial crops have unique production requirements and diverse management options, many already used in farm management, to cope with production environment changes to build climate resilience. Farmers and ranchers continuously respond to changing conditions on a near-term basis. Long-term planning and novel adaptation measures implemented may now build nimble and responsive systems and communities able to cope with future conditions. While decision-support tools and resources are providing increasingly sophisticated approaches to cope with production in the 21st century, we strive to keep pace with the cascading barrage of inter-connected agricultural challenges.

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Economic performance of irrigation capacity development to adapt to climate in the American Southwest

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

US farmers’ adaptations to climate change: a systematic review of adaptation-focused studies in the US agriculture context

US farmers’ adaptations to climate change: a systematic review of adaptation-focused studies in the US agriculture context

How do university–industry alliances respond to the trust crisis in green technology innovation activities?

Crop Vulnerability to Weather and Climate Risk: Analysis of Interacting Systems and Adaptation Efficacy for Sustainable Crop Production

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