Farmers’ willingness to pay for surface water in the West Mitidja irrigated perimeter, northern Algeria
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Malika Azzi thanks the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) for inviting her as a visiting student. The authors thank the staff of the National Office for Irrigation and Drainage (ONID) of Algeria and the different agricultural institutions in the Tipaza province for their help in this study.Fecha de publicación
2018-04-26Editorial
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Azzi, M.; Calatrava, J.; Bedrani, S. (2018). “Farmers’ willingness to pay for surface water in the West Mitidja irrigated perimeter, northern Algeria”. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 16(1): e0101. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2018161-12073Revisión por pares
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Water demandWater economics
Irrigation
Dichotomous choice model
Logistic regression
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Because of its climatic conditions, irrigation is essential for agricultural production. Water prices paid by farmers in public irrigation districts are very low and do not cover the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of the irrigated perimeters, thus leading to the deterioration of these infrastructures. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether farmer’s in the West Mitidja irrigation district in northern Algeria would be willing to pay more for surface water in order to maintain the water supply service in its current conditions. We estimated farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for water using data from a dichotomous choice contingent valuation survey to 112 randomly selected farmers. Farmers’ responses were modelled using logistic regression techniques. We also analysed which technical, structural, social and economic characteristics of farms and farmers explain the differences in WTP. Our results showed that nearly 80% of the surveyed farmers are willing to pay an extra price ...
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