TY - JOUR
T1 - The impacts of management reform on irrigation water use efficiency in the Guanzhong plain, China
AU - Tang, Jianjun
AU - Folmer, Henk
AU - van der Vlist, Arno
AU - Xue, Jianhong
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper examines the efficiency of the 1998 irrigation management reform in the Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi, China, at farm and canal level. Stochastic frontier analysis is applied to estimate irrigation water use efficiency, based on panel data for 800 farmers, spread over 80 irrigation canals, for the period 1999–2005. Analysis of determinants of water use efficiency shows that at farm level, water price and disclosure are important factors. Compared to the base case of unreformed, management reform has a positive impact with water user association having the largest effect, followed by joint‐stock co‐operative and private company. The canal model is in line with the farm level model, although estimates are less significant.
AB - This paper examines the efficiency of the 1998 irrigation management reform in the Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi, China, at farm and canal level. Stochastic frontier analysis is applied to estimate irrigation water use efficiency, based on panel data for 800 farmers, spread over 80 irrigation canals, for the period 1999–2005. Analysis of determinants of water use efficiency shows that at farm level, water price and disclosure are important factors. Compared to the base case of unreformed, management reform has a positive impact with water user association having the largest effect, followed by joint‐stock co‐operative and private company. The canal model is in line with the farm level model, although estimates are less significant.
U2 - 10.1111/pirs.12064
DO - 10.1111/pirs.12064
M3 - Article
SN - 1056-8190
VL - 93
SP - 455
EP - 475
JO - Papers in Regional Science
JF - Papers in Regional Science
IS - 2
ER -