|
|
|
 |
|
Research Project:
IMPROVING WATER PRODUCTIVITY AND NEW WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES TO SUSTAIN RURAL ECONOMIES
Location: Soil and Water Management Research
Title: Comparing the cost-effectiveness of water conservation policies in a depleting aquifer:A dynamic analysis of the Kansas High Plains
Author
 | Peterson, Jeff - |
Submitted to: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: March 15, 2012
Publication Date: May 2, 2012
Citation: Peterson, J. 2012. Comparing the cost-effectiveness of water conservation policies in a depleting aquifer:A dynamic analysis of the Kansas High Plains. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 44(2):222-234.
Technical Abstract:
This research analyzes two groundwater conservation policies in the Kansas High Plains located within the Ogallala aquifer: 1) cost-share assistance to increase irrigation efficiency; and 2) incentive payments to convert irrigated crop production to dryland crop production. To compare the cost-effectiveness of these two policies, a dynamic model simulated a representative
irrigator's optimal technology choice, crop selection, and irrigation water use over time. The results suggest that the overall water-saving effectiveness can be improved when different policy tools are considered under different conditions. High prevailing crop prices greatly reduce irrigators' incentive to give up irrigation and therefore cause low enrollment
and ineffectiveness of the incentive payment program. In areas with low aquifer-saturated thickness, the incentive payment program is more effective, whereas in areas with relatively
higher water availability, the cost-share program could be a better choice.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Project Team |
|
 |
Brauer, David - Dave
|
|
Colaizzi, Paul
|
|
Gowda, Prasanna
|
|
Lascano, Robert
|
|
Acosta-Martinez, Veronica
|
|
Baker, Jeff
|
|
Tolk, Judy
|
|
Evett, Steven - Steve
|
|
Howell, Terry
|
|
Baumhardt, Roland - Louis
|
|
Schwartz, Robert
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Last Modified: 06/19/2013
|
|
Printable Version
E-mail this page
