Policies, economic incentives and the adoption of modern irrigation technology in China

Cremades, R.; Wang, J.; Morris, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-399-2015

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02 Jul 2015

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| 02 Jul 2015

Policies, economic incentives and the adoption of modern irrigation technology in China

R. Cremades, J. Wang, and J. Morris

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RC C779: 'a general review of the text', Christopher Martius, 05 Mar 2015
RC C811: 'Interactive comment on "Policy support, economic incentives and the adoption of irrigation technology in China"', Mariya Aleksandrova, 07 Mar 2015
RC C815: 'review', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Mar 2015
- AC C820: 'Authors' Response to the Comments of the Referees', Jinxia Wang, 22 Apr 2015

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ED: Publish as is (26 May 2015) by Andrew Turner

AR by Jinxia Wang on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2015)

Short summary

Econometric analyses results revealed that policy support via subsidies and extension services have played an important role in promoting the adoption of irrigation technology. Strikingly, the present irrigation pricing policy has played significant but contradictory roles in promoting the adoption of different types of irrigation technology. Irrigation pricing showed a positive impact on household-based irrigation technology, and a negative impact on community-based irrigation technology.