Research on the market for irrigation water has been initiated to examine the institutional arrangements that have developed in certain areas to make irrigation water more readily transferable between farmers who have varying seasonal needs for water. This article outlines the manner and extent...

In this solicited article, Willard Cochrane, the U S Department of Agriculture's first Director of Agricultural Economics, assesses the mission, performance, and organization of-the Economic Research Service (ERS) 22 years after Its establishment m 1961 The current organization IS satisfactory,...

The origins and performance of this journal over a 27-year period are reviewed relative to its initial guidelines. Editorial staff, subject content, author affiliation, and distribution are treated, tracing the evolution of economic research from the seminal Bureau of Agricultural Economics to...