Open AccessThe impact of irrigation on agricultural productivity: The case of FADN farms in Veneto
Author(s) -
Myriam Ruberto,
Alessandro Catini,
Mara Ladu,
Veronica Manganiello
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
economia agro-alimentare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1972-4802
pISSN - 1126-1668
DOI - 10.3280/ecag2021oa12779
Subject(s) - irrigation , agriculture , productivity , context (archaeology) , agricultural economics , agricultural productivity , leverage (statistics) , economics , business , agricultural science , water resource management , environmental science , geography , mathematics , economic growth , statistics , archaeology , biology , ecology
The aim of the research is to analyze economic aspects related to the use of water in agriculture, by evaluating the effect of irrigation on agricultural productivity in a sample of FADN farms in the Veneto region in 2018. Specifically, the change of the Gross Saleable Production (GSP) is analysed as against the binary variable use/non-use of irrigation by applying an econometric analysis. To estimate how irrigation might influence gsp we have considered, in addition to the variable use/non-use of irrigation, other explanatory variables that could leverage the gsp , in particular ‘variable costs', ‘use of land' and ‘uaa'. Results of the analysis show that a positive relationship exists between irrigation and the GSP . This result is considered relevant in the context of water resource management policies.