DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN
This paper aims to determine the influence of family farming features on efficient use of water. The analysis focusses on a random sample of family farms in the province of Almería, southeast Spain. A hierarchical regression model was conducted to determine how the water efficiency is related to env...
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| author | PIEDRA-MUÑOZ, LAURA VEGA-LÓPEZ, LAURA L. GALDEANO-GÓMEZ, EMILIO ZEPEDA-ZEPEDA, JOSÉ A. |
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| description | This paper aims to determine the influence of family farming features on efficient use of water. The analysis focusses on a random sample of family farms in the province of Almería, southeast Spain. A hierarchical regression model was conducted to determine how the water efficiency is related to environmental awareness and certain characteristics of farmers, decision-makers and the family farm itself. The results show that these family farms strive to be more efficient in their use of water when they are going to be inherited, when there are younger decision-makers who have received a better education, and also when women are involved. Moreover, this efficiency is positively related to more ecological production and to the farmer's habitual behaviour with respect to water economy. The study provides evidence regarding the influences of socio-economic and environmental features of family farming on water use efficiency that may prove useful for other analyses and policy makers on water management in agriculture. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-146432023-11-07T10:52:57Z DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN PIEDRA-MUÑOZ, LAURA VEGA-LÓPEZ, LAURA L. GALDEANO-GÓMEZ, EMILIO ZEPEDA-ZEPEDA, JOSÉ A. This paper aims to determine the influence of family farming features on efficient use of water. The analysis focusses on a random sample of family farms in the province of Almería, southeast Spain. A hierarchical regression model was conducted to determine how the water efficiency is related to environmental awareness and certain characteristics of farmers, decision-makers and the family farm itself. The results show that these family farms strive to be more efficient in their use of water when they are going to be inherited, when there are younger decision-makers who have received a better education, and also when women are involved. Moreover, this efficiency is positively related to more ecological production and to the farmer's habitual behaviour with respect to water economy. The study provides evidence regarding the influences of socio-economic and environmental features of family farming on water use efficiency that may prove useful for other analyses and policy makers on water management in agriculture. 2023-11-07T10:52:57Z 2023-11-07T10:52:57Z 2018-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article PIEDRA-MUÑOZ, L., VEGA-LÓPEZ, L., GALDEANO-GÓMEZ, E., & ZEPEDA-ZEPEDA, J. (2018). DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN. Experimental Agriculture, 54(1), 31-44. doi:10.1017/S0014479716000661 1469-4441 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14643 10.1017/S0014479716000661 en https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/experimental-agriculture/article/abs/drivers-for-efficient-water-use-in-agriculture-an-empirical-analysis-of-family-farms-in-almeria-spain/A9F437130F5826F8AE574ECAA9A63BD8 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Cambridge University Press Version accepted for publication. Subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016. |
| spellingShingle | PIEDRA-MUÑOZ, LAURA VEGA-LÓPEZ, LAURA L. GALDEANO-GÓMEZ, EMILIO ZEPEDA-ZEPEDA, JOSÉ A. DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title | DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title_full | DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title_fullStr | DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title_full_unstemmed | DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title_short | DRIVERS FOR EFFICIENT WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY FARMS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN |
| title_sort | drivers for efficient water use in agriculture: an empirical analysis of family farms in almería, spain |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14643 |
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