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Impact - November 2008
Submitted on 11.30.2008
PRI Ideas in Action - November 2008
Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report
Subsidies and Pricing Key to Significant Water Conservation in California Agriculture
Submitted by Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 11.18.2008
In September, the Pacific Institute, an Oakland-based environmental think tank, released More with Less: Agricultural Conservation and Efficiency in California, a report that analyzes opportunities for reductions in agricultural water use, particularly in the water-stressed Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region. That fragile ecosystem is home to the court-protected Delta smelt and a significant source of irrigation water to a large percentage of California’s agricultural production. More with Less makes a number of valid and valuable points but, unfortunately, is also misleading.
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