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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-399-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-399-2015
Research article
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02 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 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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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.
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