Cropping patterns and groundwater resource use

["Ali Kerem Saysel"]

Dear Fadil,
In Bogazici University, Turkey, we built a comprehensive integrated model
for agricultural development which includes farmers decisions on crop
selection, irrigation water use (but not grounwater), and some other
considerations related to land degradation, agricultural pollution and
population. This is my Ph.D. thesis. For detailed information you can
contact me.
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Ali K. Saysel, Ph. D.
Environmental Systems Analysis Group
New University of Lisbon
Quinta da Torre, 2825 Monte de Caparica
Portugal
Phone: +351 21 2948300 ext. 0104
Fax: +351 21 2948554
aks@fct.unl.pt
http://gasa.dcea.fct.unl.pt

["Richard G. Dudley"]

Fadil:

I am not sure about groundwter use, but reasons leading to various land
use patterns are being investigated by a group linked to CIFOR (in
Bogor Indonesia). Look for links on CIFORs web page related to
"FLORES".

Also Meine van Noordwijk at ICRAFs branch office in Bogor is doing
modeling with Stella related to different cropping systems.

I believe that both web pages can be accessed via the CGIAR home page.
--
Richard G. Dudley

rdudley@indo.net.id

http://home.indo.net.id/~rdudley
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/drrdudley

["Rida, Fadel"]

system dynamist,

I am a Ph.D. candidate trying to model farmer investment and its influence
on cropping patterns and groundwater resource use. Does any colleague have
done research on this area.

Fadil Rida
Scientific Analyst/Programmer
Computer and Biometrics Services Unit(CBSU)
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA
P.O. Box 5466
Aleppo, Syria
Tel : 963-21-2213477
Fax: 963-21-2225105
E-mail: <mailto:F.Rida@cgiar.org>
ICARDA is one of the 16 centers supported by the Consultative Group for
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

["Andy Ford"]

Fadil Rida,

This is Andy Ford replying to your question about system dynamics
research on farmer investments and ground water use. We did some work
several years ago on this topic in the Snake River Basin of southern Idaho.
We assembled a team from WSU, the Rocky Mountain Institute and the INEEL --
a summary was published as "Testing the Snake River Exporer" in the Winter
1996 issue of the Sytstem Dynamics Review.

To provide a student-oriented classroom version of the Snake River
model, I developed "The Idagon", a management flight simulator to allow
students to experiment with investments in irrigation efficiency and see the
impact on surface water flows as well as ground water flows. You can visit
The Idagon from my WSU home page, URL below. Click on "Modeling the
Environment," then "Guide to Exercises," then "Rivers in the West: The
Idagon."

Closer to your home, there is an interesting research project underway
by Yaman Barlas and his students in Istanbul. They are using system
dynamics to simulate a wide array of impacts associated with water resource
development in the eastern provinces of Turkey.

Andy Ford
Program in Environmental Science & Regional Planning
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164 - 4430
USA

phone (509) 335-7846
email FordA@mail.wsu.edu
web http://www.wsu.edu/~forda