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Policies, economic incentives and the adoption of modern irrigation technology in China
R. Cremades
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, Departments of Geosciences and Economics, University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Hamburg, Germany
J. Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. Jia 11, Datun Rd., Anwai, Beijing 100101, China
J. Morris
Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, UK
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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.
Econometric analyses results revealed that policy support via subsidies and extension services...
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