The impact of water price uncertainty on the adoption of precision irrigation systems

Schoengold, Karina; Sunding, David L.

doi:10.1111/agec.12118

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“…Use of natural and quasi‐experimental approaches to identify causal relationships originated in labor economics (LaLonde, ; Card, ) and subsequently spread into other economic fields, including environmental economics (Chay & Greenstone, , ; Fabrizio et al, ). These approaches have been used by water resources economists to characterize water demand (Buck et al, ; Schoengold & Sunding, ; Schoengold et al, ) and to study the welfare and economic impact of water provision (Buck et al, , ; Duflo & Pande, ; Schlenker et al, ). Use of natural and quasi‐experiments to support causal empirical research in sociohydrology is emerging, particularly in data‐scarce regions.…”

Section: Problem 1: Empirical Causal Inferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Complementary Vantage Points: Integrating Hydrology and Economics for Sociohydrologic Knowledge Generation

Müller

Levy

2019

Water Resources Research

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Because human and environmental systems in the Anthropocene are increasingly coupled, hydrologists and economists often find themselves studying the same systems from different vantage points. Here we argue that synthesis across economics and hydrology can help address two pressing sociohydrologic challenges: actionable prediction and the generation of transferable knowledge from place‐based studies. Specifically, we review (1) empirical methods and (2) theoretical approaches from economics and connect the two through a proposed iterative framework. First, we find that empirical methods for statistical analysis of natural and quasi‐experiments in economics can be leveraged to distinguish causal relations from mere correlations in complex and data scarce systems, which can help address the challenge of sociohydrologic prediction. Second, we find that economic theories based on rational choice can be used to decipher known paradoxes in water resources, which can help address the challenge of sociohydrologic knowledge generation. In both empirical and theoretical domains, specialized knowledge in hydrology remains critical to properly applying techniques from economics to coupled human‐water systems. We propose that linkages between the two fields highlight a large potential for interaction.

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Section: Problem 1: Empirical Causal Inferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Complementary Vantage Points: Integrating Hydrology and Economics for Sociohydrologic Knowledge Generation

Müller

Levy

2019

Water Resources Research

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“…Following most technology adoption studies that use discrete choice models (e.g., Green and Sunding, 1997; Negri and Brooks, 1990; Schoengold and Sunding, 2014), the propensity of producer i to choose technology/WMP package j for crop k is an unobserved latent variable that is linear in climate variables contained in the vector C and a set of control variables contained in the vector Z : where ε ijk is an unobserved random component that is often assumed to follow the logistic distribution. The observed producer choice, y ijk , equals 1 if y* ikj > 0 and equals 0 if y* ikj ≤ 0.…”

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Analysis of Factors That Influence the Use of Irrigation Technologies and Water Management Practices in Arkansas

Huang¹,

Kovacs³

et al. 2017

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

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Abstract. This study investigates which factors may influence producers' use of irrigation technologies and/or water management practices (WMPs). One major finding is that Arkansas producers are more likely to rely on WMPs instead of sprinkler irrigation as a response to changes in depth to water and drought occurrences. This finding highlights the importance of expanding the existing literature that focuses mostly on more efficient irrigation technologies, especially in areas where WMPs are more prevalent. Climate factors also play a role. Sprinkler systems are more prevalent in regions with lower average temperature. WMPs are used to mitigate the impact of more frequent droughts.

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“…In some cases, farmers with better soil quality may adopt earlier than those with poorer soil (Fuglie & Kascak, 2001). However, practices could also be adopted earlier for lower-quality soil where the marginal gains from adoption are greater (Schoengold & Sunding, 2014;Wade & Claassen, 2017).…”

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Conservation practice complementarity and timing of on‐farm adoption

Canales

Bergtold

Williams

2020

Agricultural Economics

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The adoption of conservation practices is a dynamic process. Factors that vary over time can affect farmers’ decision to adopt and adoption timing. We used a duration model to evaluate the farmer's adoption time for continuous no‐till (CNT), cover crops (CCs), and the variable‐rate application of inputs (VRA). We found that producers who had previously adopted soil conservation practices were more likely to adopt additional complementary practices. Farmers using crop rotation adopted CNT and CCs approximately 48% and 62% faster than farmers without a crop rotation, respectively. The CC adoption time was also reduced by 70% for farmers who had adopted CNT. Complementarities between conservation practices may enhance the benefits from adoption and allow farmers to adopt bundles of conservation practices more quickly over time. This can be taken advantage of in conservation programs by promoting or requiring practices first that enhance adoption of other practices. We also found important heterogeneity in the adoption speed associated with farm management characteristics, producers’ attitudes, weather patterns, and crop prices.

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The impact of water price uncertainty on the adoption of precision irrigation systems

Cited by 27 publications

References 42 publications

Complementary Vantage Points: Integrating Hydrology and Economics for Sociohydrologic Knowledge Generation

Complementary Vantage Points: Integrating Hydrology and Economics for Sociohydrologic Knowledge Generation

Analysis of Factors That Influence the Use of Irrigation Technologies and Water Management Practices in Arkansas

Conservation practice complementarity and timing of on‐farm adoption

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