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<br />. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />UlhI3:~4 <br /> <br />.: 10'-' , <br /> <br />7. Crop prices assessment <br />The relation between the farmers' prices and their <br />costs are major.determinants of the profitability of <br />irrigated farming, how much farmers are willing to <br />spend for water, the rate of depletion of the aquifer, <br />the levels and projections of agricultural, productio,n", <br />and the expected returns to projects to develop new <br />water supplies for the High Plains. Clearly, the <br />assumptions regarding input-output price relationships <br />must be carefully chosen and defensible for the study <br />results to have credibility and worth. Furthermore, <br />the assumptions must be consistent. This effort must <br />carefully evaluate alternative sets of long-term <br />agricultural input-output price relations and trends <br />to select sets to be used by those involved in the <br />project. <br /> <br />8. Energy price and technology assessment <br />The cost and reliability of energy supplies are <br />important determinants of the quantity, of water <br />pumped, the irrigation technologies and water <br />conservation measures adopted, the overall <br />profitability of irrigated agriculture, and the <br />feasibility of any interbasin water transfer. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />- <br />