Open AccessProductividad, disposición al pago y eficiencia técnica en el uso del agua: La horticultura intensiva de la Región de Murcia
Author(s) -
José Colino Sueiras,
José Miguel Martínez Paz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economía agraría y recursos naturales/economía agraria y recursos naturales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2174-7350
pISSN - 1578-0732
DOI - 10.7201/earn.2007.14.06
Subject(s) - levelling , productivity , agricultural science , agrarian society , welfare economics , geography , agricultural economics , economy , operations management , agriculture , forestry , economics , cartography , economic growth , environmental science , archaeology
This work presents some results derived from a study on efficiency and productivity of the water in the coastal intensive horticulture of the Spanish South-eastern. After the characterization of this productive activity, 230 direct surveys to horticulture’s farmers and 50 interviews to agrarian technicians (made in campaign 2004/05) are analyzed, measuring the productivity and the levelling-prices and stopprice of water for the most characteristic productions. The paper finally analyzes the «willingness to pay» by the water revealed by the farmers, which shows a positive relation with the levels of technical efficiency at this productive system.