Multi-Criteria Analysis of Factors Use Level: The Case of Water for Irrigation

José A. Gómez-Limón (), Laura Riesgo and Manuel Arriaza
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José A. Gómez-Limón: Universidad de Valladolid, http://www.uva.es/
Manuel Arriaza: IFA Córdoba

No E2003/18, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: In this paper we present a methodology to analyse input use in the agricultural sector. The novelty of the theoretical model explained is that it has been developed considering a multi-criteria environment. Thus, the optimal input use condition is determined by the assessment of “multi-attribute utility” and “multiattribute marginal utility”. We show how the approach adopted in this paper is a generalization of the single-attribute expected utility theory. The theoretical model developed is further implemented in an empirical application that studies water for irrigation use as a particular case. Results show how multi-attribute utility functions elicited for a sample of 52 irrigators explain differences on irrigation water use in relative homogenous agricultural systems, albeit exhibiting similar water partial utility functions. We conclude that these differences come from the dissimilar weights that farmers attached to each attribute in the aggregate utility function. The irrigated area considered as case study is located in North-western Spain.

Keywords: Production Theory; Input Use; MAUT; Water for Irrigation; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 D21 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2003
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Working Paper: MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS OF FACTORS USE LEVEL: THE CASE OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION (2003)
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