Establishing politically feasible water markets: a multi-criteria approach

Ballestero, Enrique; Alarcón, Silverio; Garcı́a-Bernabeu, Ana

doi:10.1006/jema.2002.0564

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“…The mathematical essence of this calculation was established by Zeleny (1973) and Yu (1973), and a number of authors have used this technique in agriculture. For example, Sabuni & Bakshoudeh (2004) used the CP to determine the opportunity cost of water on farms, or Ballestero et al (2002) who analysed the establishing of water markets.…”

Section: Methodology For Analysis Of Irrigation Water Pricingmentioning

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Effects of Irrigation-Water Pricing on the Profitability of Mediterranean Woody Crops

Fernández-Zamudio¹,

Alcón²,

De-Miguel³

2012

Problems, Perspectives and Challenges of Agricultural Water Management

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Section: Methodology For Analysis Of Irrigation Water Pricingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Irrigation-Water Pricing on the Profitability of Mediterranean Woody Crops

Fernández-Zamudio¹,

Alcón²,

De-Miguel³

2012

Problems, Perspectives and Challenges of Agricultural Water Management

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“…There have been several applications of GP in this field, including balancing economic and biological objectives over short term and long term time frames in fishery management (Drynan and Sandiford, 1985;Mardle and Pascoe, 2000;Mardle et al, 2002) optimizing environmental, social, and economic goals in energy production (Silva and Nakata, 2009); and the management of public water resources (Neely et al, 1977;Ballestero et al, 2002). Önal (1997) considers an approach similar to GP in forest management.…”

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Maximizing conservation and in-kind cost share: Applying Goal Programming to forest protection

Fooks¹,

Messer²

2012

JFE

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“…The mathematical essence of this calculation was established by Zeleny (1973) and Yu (1973), and a number of authors have used this technique in agriculture. For example, Sabuni and Bakshoudeh (2004) used the CP to determine the opportunity cost of water on farms; Ballestero et al (2002) to analyse establishing water markets, and in Raju et al (2000) and Manoliadis (2001), CP is a tool to evaluate the sustainability of different arable areas.…”

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Sustainable management for woody crops in Mediterranean dry-lands

Fernández-Zamudio¹,

Gómez

2006

Span. j. agric. res.

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In the large inland extensions of the Spanish Mediterranean, dry-farming is predominant and the main crops are olive, vine and almond. These species represent an agricultural activity that is fundamental to the continued inhabitation of these regions. The aim of this work is to determine the chances this agriculture has of continuing by following criteria of sustainability. Having chosen goals of an economic, social and environmental nature, almost-ideal cropping plans are obtained using the Compromise Programming. Moreover, given the important role played by water availability in this type of agriculture, the study is completed by determining the impact that an irrigation-water pricing policy would have, as outlined in the European Water Framework Directive. The study leads to the conclusion that, increasing mechanization may be the most straightforward strategy to ensure the sustainability of farms in Spanish dry-lands, and specially if the current trend of increasing irrigation-water prices is consolidated.Additional key words: compromise programming, demand functions of irrigation water, goal programming, mediterranean agro-systems, multiattribute utility theory, technological improvements. Resumen Sostenibilidad de los cultivos leñosos en las comarcas del secano mediterráneoEn las grandes extensiones del mediterráneo español predominan el olivo, la vid y el almendro cultivados en secano. Estas especies conforman un paisaje muy característico y, sobre todo, determinan una actividad económica que es fundamental para que estas comarcas sigan estando habitadas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar las opciones de continuidad de esta agricultura, siguiendo criterios de sostenibilidad. Tras seleccionar objetivos de índole económica, social y ambiental, se obtienen planes de cultivos cercanos al ideal, a través de la Programación Compromiso. Por otra parte, y dado el importante papel de la disponibilidad de agua en esta agricultura, el estudio se completa determinando el impacto que tendría una política tarifaria en el agua de riego, como recoge la actual Directiva Marco de Aguas europea. Con los resultados se concluye que la mecanización es la estrategia más directa para asegurar la sostenibilidad de las explotaciones de las comarcas del secano mediterráneo, sobre todo si se consolida la tendencia actual de elevar los precios del agua de riego.Palabras clave adicionales: agrosistemas mediterráneos, funciones de demanda del agua de riego, función de utilidad multiatributo, mejoras tecnológicas, programación compromiso, programación por metas.

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Establishing politically feasible water markets: a multi-criteria approach

Cited by 18 publications

References 21 publications

Effects of Irrigation-Water Pricing on the Profitability of Mediterranean Woody Crops

Effects of Irrigation-Water Pricing on the Profitability of Mediterranean Woody Crops

Maximizing conservation and in-kind cost share: Applying Goal Programming to forest protection

Sustainable management for woody crops in Mediterranean dry-lands

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