Policy instruments for decentralized management of agricultural groundwater abstraction: A participatory evaluation

A.-G. Figureau, M. Montginoul and J.-D. Rinaudo

Ecological Economics, 2015, vol. 119, issue C, 147-157

Abstract: This paper proposes and analyzes three policy instruments which can be used to enhance farmers' compliance with individual water allocations in a decentralized management context. Three regulation strategies are proposed for the case of groundwater allocations for irrigation: the first relies on economic instruments; the second is based on tools designed to promote pro-social behaviors; and the third combines assumptions from the first two approaches. They are evaluated through 16 scenario workshops involving 124 stakeholders and farmers in five French groundwater basins. Stakeholders' perceptions are analyzed, disentangling the ethical, economic, institutional, social and technical perspectives underlying the stakeholders' arguments for or against the proposed instruments for groundwater-use regulation. The analysis reveals a preference for the strategy that combines economic and social incentives.

Keywords: CPR; Decentralized management; Economic incentives; Participatory approach; Groundwater; Irrigation; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.08.011

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