The 1977 Drought in Idaho: Economic Impacts and the Responses of Irrigators and Water Delivery Organizations

摘要

Survey methods were used in Idaho to document changes in cropping patterns, irrigation systems, and water management strategies caused by the 1977 drought; to document the way management strategies caused by the 1977 drought; to document the way institutions such as water delivery organizations and government agencies respond to drought; to measure the economic consequences of drought in southern Idaho; to draw implications regarding probable farmer response in future droughts; and to make suggestions for drought management strategies. These yield declines and lost crops comprised the largest part of the economic impact of the drought.