Economic value of water for irrigation in São Francisco River Basin, Brazil

Abstract Agriculture is the economic activity which uses water the most in Brazil, particularly in São Francisco River Basin, where water withdrawals for irrigation granted by water authorities amount to 22.3 billion m3 per year, a number which is close to 81% of the total withdrawal. On the other h...

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Main Authors: Pedro Lucas Cosmo de Brito, José Paulo Soares de Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-05-01
Series:Applied Water Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01678-4