Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain
In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as farmers’ current demands are lower than was previously expected. In order to develop programmes prom...
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| author | Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Valera Martínez, Diego Luis |
| author_facet | Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Valera Martínez, Diego Luis |
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| description | In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative
water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as
farmers’ current demands are lower than was previously expected. In order to develop programmes
promoting an effective behavioural shift of farmers toward desalinated water, it is necessary to first
explore their preferences and attitudes. This paper shows the results of a survey examining the attitudes
and behaviour of farmers toward the use of desalinated seawater for irrigation in the South-east of Spain.
The results show the existence of different farmer typologies regarding desalinated seawater use, as well
as their preferences and attitudes. The main finding of this study has been to identify further factors,
besides price, that condition the acceptance of the use of desalinated seawater. Finally, a series of
measures are proposed to encourage the use of desalinated seawater for irrigation based on the identified
profiles. The insights gained from this study could be useful for other regions where the construction
of desalination plants has been planned as a measure to increase the availability of irrigation
water. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-148902023-12-21T13:21:50Z Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Valera Martínez, Diego Luis Desalinated seawater; Agriculture; Farmer behaviour; Farmer attitudes; Management; Cluster analysis In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as farmers’ current demands are lower than was previously expected. In order to develop programmes promoting an effective behavioural shift of farmers toward desalinated water, it is necessary to first explore their preferences and attitudes. This paper shows the results of a survey examining the attitudes and behaviour of farmers toward the use of desalinated seawater for irrigation in the South-east of Spain. The results show the existence of different farmer typologies regarding desalinated seawater use, as well as their preferences and attitudes. The main finding of this study has been to identify further factors, besides price, that condition the acceptance of the use of desalinated seawater. Finally, a series of measures are proposed to encourage the use of desalinated seawater for irrigation based on the identified profiles. The insights gained from this study could be useful for other regions where the construction of desalination plants has been planned as a measure to increase the availability of irrigation water. 2023-12-21T13:21:50Z 2023-12-21T13:21:50Z 2021-03-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14890 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126568 en https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652621007885?via%3Dihub Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier Journal of Cleaner Production |
| spellingShingle | Desalinated seawater; Agriculture; Farmer behaviour; Farmer attitudes; Management; Cluster analysis Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Valera Martínez, Diego Luis Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title | Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title_full | Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title_short | Farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: Insights from South-east Spain |
| title_sort | farmers’ profiles and behaviours toward desalinated seawater for irrigation: insights from south-east spain |
| topic | Desalinated seawater; Agriculture; Farmer behaviour; Farmer attitudes; Management; Cluster analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14890 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126568 |
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