Farm-level perspectives regarding irrigation water prices in the Tulkarm district, Palestine

Abu-Madi, Maher

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.007

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“…Some studies found that water pricing is an effective way to improve water allocation and to encourage water conservation [6][7][8]. However, many other studies found that the price mechanism has failed to generate a force for water conservation [9][10][11][12][13]. One of the reasons is because water demand becomes elastic only beyond the marginal value or opportunity cost of water [14][15][16].…”

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“…On the other hand, many studies have also warned of the negative effects of a higher water price on crop production, farm income, food security and social inequality [16,[27][28][29]. A higher water price often forces farmers to switch to low water consuming crops, which often have lower net profit [9,11,13]. For example, Liao et al (2008) conducted an empirical analysis of the impacts of irrigation pricing reforms in the three irrigation districts in northern and southwestern China.…”

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Pricing or Quota? A Solution to Water Scarcity in Oasis Regions in China: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin

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Abstract:The conflict between increasing water demand and limited water resources has become a serious threat to oasis regions in China. Solutions to water scarcity have to curb overall water demands, especially reducing agricultural water use. Price control and quantitative control are the two most commonly applied policy instruments for water demand management. This paper used a bio-economic model (BEM) to examine the shadow price of water resources and to investigate farmers' response to water demand management policies in water scarce regions based on a study in the Heihe River Basin in northwest China. The results indicate that farmers are not very responsive to changes in water price, because it is currently far below the shadow price of water resources in most irrigation zones. A reduction of agricultural water demand could occur only with a large rise in the water price. In comparison, a quantitative control measure is more effective at reducing water use. Concerning the effects on farm income, a price control will cost much more than a quantitative control to save the same volume of water. Hence, a water quota is a more OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2014, 6 7602 suitable choice for the purpose of reducing agricultural water use, while minimizing farm income loss in the region of this case study.

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Pricing or Quota? A Solution to Water Scarcity in Oasis Regions in China: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin

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“…If a tiered water price policy is implemented, it is necessary to ensure that farmers can use a certain amount of low-priced water, which is equivalent to a subsidy and may lead them to make different decisions. Even under the same water price policy, farmers may respond differently due to their heterogeneity and differences in the water use efficiency of different crops [ 22 ]. In this study, based on farmer survey data of different water price policy implementation areas in the oasis–desert transition zone of the HRB, crops are divided into high-water-consuming crops and low-water-consuming crops according to average water consumption per hm 2 .…”

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The Effect of the Comprehensive Reform of Agricultural Water Prices on Farmers’ Planting Structure in the Oasis–Desert Transition Zone—A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin

Zhao

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The comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices is an important policy for promoting the high-quality sustainable development of agriculture and ensuring national water security. In this study, based on farmer survey data from different water price policy implementation areas in the oasis–desert transition zone of the Heihe River Basin (HRB), crops are divided into high-water-consuming crops and low-water-consuming crops based on the average water consumption per hm2. The content of this study consists of two main parts: first, the study explores the response of farmers to different agricultural water price policies by comparing the impact of uniform water price and tiered water price policies on their planting structure. Second, it studies the areas where the tiered water price policy is implemented to verify the impact of price signals on farmers’ production decisions. The results show that, compared with the uniform water price policy, the implementation of the tiered water price policy will significantly reduce the proportion of high-water-consuming crops planted when other conditions remain unchanged. Under the tiered water price policy, the increase in water prices will reduce the proportion of farmers planting high-water-consuming crops, but the difference is not significant. This result reveals that when the opportunity cost of irrigation water increases, farmers will increase the proportion of low-water-consuming crops. The findings also indicate that a higher educational level, improved land inflow, the number of crop types, and satisfaction with the current subsidy policy will help increase the proportion of low-water-consuming crops. However, an increase in the family-cultivated land area will reduce the area of low-water-consuming crops.

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“…In Jing Xue's study [6] a distributed Soil-Water-Atmosphere-Plant World Food Studies model was used to simulate yield and water productivity (WP) from 2000-2010 in the Hetao Irrigation District, which considered that irrigation schedules and cropping structure could contribute to more sustainable food production in the district. By establishing a regression model of irrigation water and water price, irrigation area, per capita income of farmers and irrigation frequency, it was concluded that water price was the main factor affecting irrigation water-use efficiency in Maher O's paper [7]. The approach of the International Center for High Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Agronomic Insitute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAM) was adopted to assess food security in Mediterranean by Zdruli et al [8], and this method considered water issues together with those relative to other natural resources: land, climate (and climate change), biodiversity and energy.…”

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Assessing Factors Driving the Change of Irrigation Water-Use Efficiency in China Based on Geographical Features

Fang

Jia

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Abstract:Changes in irrigation water-use efficiency are related closely to agricultural development. Clarifying the driving factors of irrigation water-use efficiency change at different agricultural development stages is beneficial for buffering the contradiction between the protection of water resources and massive agricultural water consumption. It also has theoretical and application value when it comes to elucidating the driving characteristics of spatial changes in irrigation water-use efficiency observed among the different provinces of China. This paper analyzes driving factors of irrigation water-use change based on a study of literature and a field survey. It selects 21 indices from five aspects of climatic change, resource endowment, economic situation, technological level, and management mode as the system of driving factors for irrigation water-use change. This article then uses statistical data on economic and social development in the 31 provinces of China in 2009, and applies the principal component analysis (PCA) method to extract the main driving factors affecting irrigation water-use efficiency change. After calculation of factor scores, clustering analysis is conducted on the 31 provinces to explore regional differences among the driving factors of irrigation water-use efficiency change. The results show that these can be attributed to the factors of agricultural economic development, water-saving irrigation technology, water resource endowment, and dissipation. The 31 provinces can be divided into five types: agricultural economy strong driving type; agricultural economy dominant type; industrial economy dominant type; agriculture strong development type; and coordinated driving type. In highly agricultural provinces, mature irrigation district management and water-saving measures influence the efficiency of irrigation water-use, making these strong positive driving factors. In highly industrial provinces, changes in irrigation water-use efficiency are mainly driven by economic development and structural adjustment, making these weak driving factors.

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Farm-level perspectives regarding irrigation water prices in the Tulkarm district, Palestine

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Pricing or Quota? A Solution to Water Scarcity in Oasis Regions in China: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin

Pricing or Quota? A Solution to Water Scarcity in Oasis Regions in China: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin

The Effect of the Comprehensive Reform of Agricultural Water Prices on Farmers’ Planting Structure in the Oasis–Desert Transition Zone—A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin

Assessing Factors Driving the Change of Irrigation Water-Use Efficiency in China Based on Geographical Features

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