DETERMINANTS OF IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONS AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN NEPAL’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Tej K. Gautam and Dependra Bhatta

No 252856, 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The factors considered in using irrigation as a production strategy in Nepal has been different from many countries mainly because of geographical diversity, water availability and investment constraint. This paper identifies the factors affecting irrigation technology adoption among the farmers in Nepal using household survey data 2011. We use a multinomial logit model to estimate variables affecting multiple irrigation technology (tube-well, canal and pond) adoptions in which sociodemographic information, land holding, access to credit, and geographical factors are major explanatory variables. Preliminary results show that education, land holding size, access to credit, and geographic factors have a higher impact on tube-well irrigation technology adoption. Additionally, productivity of major crops found to increase substantially in irrigated land. The impact of shallow tube-well is much greater in plain compared to other modes of irrigation in plain and hilly regions. Findings from this study should provide insights to producers and policy makers in identifying opportunities for utilizing and investing in more efficient irrigation technology

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2017-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252856

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