The impact of the south-to-north water diversion project on the usage of water-saving irrigation machinery

Hanfang Xu () and Zhen Yao ()
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Hanfang Xu: Department of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Zhen Yao: Department of Finance, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China

Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives, 2022, vol. 7, issue 4, 9-19

Abstract: Agricultural water-saving irrigation represents an important component of environmental protection with the potential to improve economic development and environmental protection of water-receiving areas, but little is known about the relationship between South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the usage of water-saving irrigation machinery. This paper exploits the 2013–2014 China South-to-North Water Diversion Project reforms which significantly alleviated the water shortage problem in north China. By linking administrative claims data to water-saving irrigation machinery numbers for water-receiving provinces and the control provinces, this paper finds that water-receiving provinces experienced a 19.6 percent post-reform decline in water-saving irrigation machinery usage, and a 7.3 percent drop in water-saving irrigation area relative to other provinces.

Keywords: South-to-North Diversion Project; water resources; water-saving irrigation machinery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 D24 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.19275/RSEP137

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