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Gareth Green | Zendy; David L. Sunding | Zendy; David Zilberman | Zendy; Douglas J. Parker | Zendy; Cliff Trotter | Zendy; Steve Collup | Zendy

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How does water price affect irrigation technology adoption?

Author(s) -

Gareth Green,

David L. Sunding,

David Zilberman,

Douglas J. Parker,

Cliff Trotter,

Steve Collup

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v050n02p36

Subject(s) - irrigation , production (economics) , variety (cybernetics) , emerging technologies , business , irrigation management , agriculture , affect (linguistics) , agricultural engineering , natural resource economics , agricultural economics , water resource management , environmental science , economics , computer science , agronomy , geography , engineering , archaeology , artificial intelligence , biology , macroeconomics , linguistics , philosophy

The use of water price or best management practices have been advocated by some commentators to induce adoption of low-volume irrigation technologies and to encourage water use efficiency. However, the method of water application is only one of many inputs and constraints in agricultural production. California's highly diverse topography, soil types and variety of crops influence irrigation technology choices, therefore a policy mandating adoption of modern technologies is likely to have undesirable impacts. Crop type appears to be a major consideration in technology choice, as some technologies may be incompatible with some types of crops.

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