Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1970 Optimum resource use in irrigated agriculture-- Comarca Lagunera, Mexico Donald William Lybecker Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, and the Agricultural Economics Commons Recommended Citation Lybecker, Donald William, "Optimum resource use in irrigated agriculture--Comarca Lagunera, Mexico " (1970). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 4248. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/4248 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 70-25,805 LYBECKER, Donald William, 1938- OPTIMUM RESOURCE USE IN IRRIGATED AGRI CULTURE—COMARCA LAGUNERA, MEXICO. Iowa State University, Ph.D., 1970 Economics, agricultural University Microfilms, A XERO\Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan OPTIMUM RESOURCE USE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE-- COMARCA LAGUNERA, MEXICO by Donald William Lybacker A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major Subject: Agricultural Economics Approved : Signature was redacted for privacy. In Charge of Merjor Signature was redacted for privacy. Head of Major Department Signature was redacted for privacy. lyan of graduate College Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1970 il TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1 Problem Specification and Research Objectives 2 A Brief History of Comarca Lagunera 4 A Description of Comarca Lagunera 7 Other Relevant Studies 15 CHAPTER II.