Adoption of improved irrigation and drainage reduction technologies under limiting environmental conditions |
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| Authors: | Ariel Dinar Mark B Campbell David Zilberman |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel;(2) The Institute for Deser Research Ben-Gurion, University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel;(3) Management Systems Research, Sacrameto, CA, USA;(4) Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Modern irrigation technologies have been suggested as a means of conserving scarce water and reducing environmental pollution caused by irrigated agriculture. This paper applies an economic model of technology selection that provides a general framework to analyzing adoption of irrigation technologies under various environmental conditions. Data from the San Joaquin Valley of California is used to verify the theoretical relationships. Results suggest key variables to be considered by policy makers concerned with adoption of modern irrigation technologies. Among these variables are crop prices, water technology costs, farm organization characteristics, and the environmental conditions of the farm or the field. Policy implications were discussed and analyzed.This research was conducted while the first author was a visiting scholar with the Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, and USDA-ERS, USA. |
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| Keywords: | Adoption irrigation technology environment drainage pollution policy |
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