Adoption of improved irrigation and drainage reduction technologies under limiting environmental conditions

Ariel Dinar, Mark Campbell and David Zilberman

Environmental & Resource Economics, 1992, vol. 2, issue 4, 373-398

Abstract: Modern irrigation technologies have been suggested as a means of conserving scarce water and reducing environmental pollution caused by irrigated agriculture. This paper applies an economic model of technology selection that provides a general framework to analyzing adoption of irrigation technologies under various environmental conditions. Data from the San Joaquin Valley of California is used to verify the theoretical relationships. Results suggest key variables to be considered by policy makers concerned with adoption of modern irrigation technologies. Among these variables are crop prices, water technology costs, farm organization characteristics, and the environmental conditions of the farm or the field. Policy implications were discussed and analyzed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992

Keywords: Adoption; irrigation technology; environment; drainage pollution; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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