کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4480345 1316488 2007 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Challenges in implementing economic instruments to manage irrigation water on farms in southern Alberta
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم زراعت و اصلاح نباتات
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Challenges in implementing economic instruments to manage irrigation water on farms in southern Alberta
چکیده انگلیسی

In the absence of a Canadian national water policy, Alberta has developed a long-term water management plan called the Water for Life strategy. Because irrigation activities are so prominent in Alberta, accounting for 71% of the province's surface water use, successful implementation of this strategy will depend largely on the participation of the irrigation sector. Through a survey of irrigation officials, this study explores irrigators’ views on the likelihood of attaining one of the strategy's main goals—a 30% increase in water use efficiency by 2015 over 2005 levels. Irrigators’ views vary significantly as to the extent and means by which the 30% goal can be achieved and their views reflect the heterogeneity of farming conditions within the area. Hence, instead of a broad-based approach, implementation of the strategy will require research into developing economic instruments that can be effective under local conditions. This involves gaining a thorough understanding of the variability of factors that influence farmers’ decisions while being mindful that, as this study discovers, economic instruments as a concept have little support in the irrigation industry.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Agricultural Water Management - Volume 92, Issue 3, 16 September 2007, Pages 131–141
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