County-level agricultural water productivity assessment

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Description

A comprehensive method for calculating multiple water productivity measures at the county scale using crop marketing revenues, production costs, and consumptive water use data to assess economic returns per unit of irrigation water consumed.

Typical Equipment

• BEA database access
• USGS Water-use data access
• USDA survey data access
• Statistical software

Output Measurements

• economic water productivity (gross returns)
• economic water productivity (net returns)
• blue water footprint
• cash rent premiums

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