An evaluation of farmers’ willingness to pay for efficient irrigation for sustainable usage of resources: the GAP-Harran Plain case, Turkey

IF 2.6 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI:10.1080/1943815X.2016.1241808

M. Aydoğdu, A. Bilgiç

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Abstract

Abstract We evaluated farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for efficient irrigation and improved water productivity with the economic benefits of sustainable use of resources in the long-run, while reducing irrigation-related problems in the GAP-Harran Plain, Turkey. The data come from a sample of 21,094 farmers; 461 of them were chosen via simple random sampling method and interviewed face to face. The Tobit regression model was used for analysis. The results indicate that the average WTP value is $133.7 per hectares comprising 8.87% of net income of farmers, whilst the total amount derived from the WTP was around 20.05 million for Harran Plain. Explanatory factors such as primary school graduates, users of modern irrigation technologies, a crop pattern involving large areas of cotton and wheat increase the WTP by 4.4, 4.3 and 3.8%, respectively. On the other hand, married farmers, property owners, gravity irrigation users and one of the index variables (indexb, measuring farmers’ perceptions about natural resources) lower the WTP by 9.3, 3.3, 13.7 and 0.9%, respectively. These results have valuable and important implications for decision makers to draw better sustainable natural resources policies in future for the good in question.

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对农民为资源可持续利用而支付有效灌溉费用意愿的评估:GAP-Harran平原案例，土耳其

摘要本研究评估了土耳其GAP-Harran平原农民为有效灌溉和提高水生产力的支付意愿(WTP)，以及长期资源可持续利用的经济效益，同时减少了与灌溉相关的问题。这些数据来自21,094名农民的样本;采用简单随机抽样法抽取其中461人进行面对面访谈。采用Tobit回归模型进行分析。结果表明，平均每公顷WTP价值为133.7美元，占农民净收入的8.87%，而哈兰平原从WTP中获得的总收益约为205万美元。小学毕业生、现代灌溉技术使用者、大面积种植棉花和小麦的作物模式等解释因素分别使WTP增加了4.4%、4.3%和3.8%。另一方面，已婚农民、财产所有者、重力灌溉使用者和其中一个指数变量(衡量农民对自然资源的看法的指数b)分别使WTP降低了9.3、3.3、13.7和0.9%。这些结果对决策者在未来制定更好的可持续自然资源政策具有宝贵和重要的意义。

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Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences (JIES) provides a stimulating, informative and critical forum for intellectual debate on significant environmental issues. It brings together perspectives from a wide range of disciplines and methodologies in both the social and natural sciences in an effort to develop integrative knowledge about the processes responsible for environmental change. The Journal is especially concerned with the relationships between science, society and policy and one of its key aims is to advance understanding of the theory and practice of sustainable development.