Tag Archives: Josué Medellín-Azuara

Jobs per drop irrigating California crops

Posted on December 8, 2019 by jaylund

By Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund and Richard Howitt Reposted from Apr 28, 2015 (an oldie, but goodie!) Some of the most popular drought stories lately have been on the amount of what water needed to produce food from California, as a consumer … Continue reading →

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Comparing Delta Consumptive Use: Preliminary Results from a Blind Model Comparison

Posted on October 9, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Josué Medellín-Azuara, Kyaw Tha Paw U, Yufang Jin, Quinn Hart, Eric Kent, Jenae’ Clay, Andy Wong, Andrew Bell, Martha Anderson, Daniel Howes, Forrest Melton, Tariq Kadir, Morteza Orang, Michelle M. Leinfelder-Miles, J. Andres Morande, William Li, and Jay R. … Continue reading →

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Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture

Posted on August 15, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s agriculture in 2016, but with much less severe and widespread impacts than in the two previous drought years, 2014 and … Continue reading →

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California’s Delta-Groundwater Nexus: Delta Effects of Ending Central Valley Overdraft?

Posted on April 17, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Timothy Nelson, Heidi Chou, Prudentia Zikalala, Jay Lund, Rui Hui, and Josué Medellín–Azuara Surface water and groundwater management are often tightly linked, even when linkage is not intended or expected. This link has special importance in drier regions, such … Continue reading →

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Drought bites harder, but agriculture remains robust

Posted on August 18, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Spanish version By Richard Howitt, Duncan MacEwan, Josué Medellín-Azuara and Jay Lund Today we release our second annual report estimating the economic impacts from prolonged drought. More than anything, the results of our 16-page analysis of the current growing season … Continue reading →

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How to manage drought: Ask an economist

Posted on June 23, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

The economics of water scarcity is crucial to sustainable water management, particularly during droughts. California has long benefited from the insights of economists, though their ranks in state water agencies are thinning. Luckily, California has a wealth of young, talented … Continue reading →

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Drought killing farm jobs — even as they grow

Posted on June 8, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Josué Medellín-Azuara, Richard Howitt, Duncan MacEwan, Daniel Sumner and Jay Lund With all the news about the drought drying up farm jobs, it seems paradoxical that California agriculture actually came out a bit ahead on employment growth last year. … Continue reading →

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Harsher drought impacts forecast for California agriculture

Posted on June 2, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Richard Howitt, Duncan MacEwan, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund and Daniel A. Sumner The drought is expected to be worse for California’s agricultural economy this year because of reduced water availability, according to our preliminary estimates released today. The study, summarized below, … Continue reading →

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Keeping accounts for groundwater sustainability

Posted on May 10, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Rob Gailey, Graham Fogg, Thomas Harter, Jay Lund, Helen Dahlke, Richard Frank, Tim Ginn, Richard Howitt, Mimi Jenkins, Bonnie Magnuson, Josué Medellín-Azuara, and Samuel Sandoval Solis The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 creates an opportunity to establish standards for … Continue reading →

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Jobs per drop irrigating California crops

Posted on April 28, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund and Richard Howitt Some of the most popular drought stories lately have been on the amount of what water needed to produce food from California, as a consumer sees it — a single almond, a head of … Continue reading →

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