Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences
Technology has made it possible to achieve the very efficient use of water resources in agriculture. However, there are a set of practices that could increase both the availability and quality of the water resources, but which are not yet widely used. In view of the scarcity situation mainly produ...
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| author | Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel López Felices, Belén Balacco, Gabriella |
| author_facet | Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel López Felices, Belén Balacco, Gabriella |
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| description | Technology has made it possible to achieve the very efficient use of water resources in agriculture. However,
there are a set of practices that could increase both the availability and quality of the water resources, but which are
not yet widely used. In view of the scarcity situation mainly produced by the consequences of climate change, the
objective of this work is to analyse the adoption of sustainable irrigation management practices in agriculture. To this
end, the aim is to identify and evaluate the variables involved in adopting sustainable practices in agriculture through
the use of different qualitative research tools in successive phases (literature review, in-depth interviews, Delphi method
and workshop). The results indicate that the sustainable practices to be adopted to improve water management
in the study area are rainwater harvesting (RWH) and pond covering (PC). The main barriers are the costs, some farm
characteristics and lack of research, while the facilitators include easy access to technology and the existence of farmer-
-to-farmer networks. Furthermore, the most influential stakeholders for these practices are the farmers, policymakers
and researchers. Proposals for the adoption of sustainable water use practices have also been made consensually with
all the involved agents. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-148972023-12-22T08:03:05Z Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel López Felices, Belén Balacco, Gabriella behavioural economics participatory methodology qualitative research stakeholder involvement sustainability water resources management Economics Environmental Science Technology has made it possible to achieve the very efficient use of water resources in agriculture. However, there are a set of practices that could increase both the availability and quality of the water resources, but which are not yet widely used. In view of the scarcity situation mainly produced by the consequences of climate change, the objective of this work is to analyse the adoption of sustainable irrigation management practices in agriculture. To this end, the aim is to identify and evaluate the variables involved in adopting sustainable practices in agriculture through the use of different qualitative research tools in successive phases (literature review, in-depth interviews, Delphi method and workshop). The results indicate that the sustainable practices to be adopted to improve water management in the study area are rainwater harvesting (RWH) and pond covering (PC). The main barriers are the costs, some farm characteristics and lack of research, while the facilitators include easy access to technology and the existence of farmer- -to-farmer networks. Furthermore, the most influential stakeholders for these practices are the farmers, policymakers and researchers. Proposals for the adoption of sustainable water use practices have also been made consensually with all the involved agents. 2023-12-22T08:03:05Z 2023-12-22T08:03:05Z 2022-09-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14897 https://doi.org/10.17221/203/2022-AGRICECON en https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-202209-0001_adopting-sustainable-water-management-practices-in-agriculture-based-on-stakeholder-preferences.php Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Economics |
| spellingShingle | behavioural economics participatory methodology qualitative research stakeholder involvement sustainability water resources management Economics Environmental Science Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel López Felices, Belén Balacco, Gabriella Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title | Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title_full | Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title_fullStr | Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title_short | Adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| title_sort | adopting sustainable water management practices in agriculture based on stakeholder preferences |
| topic | behavioural economics participatory methodology qualitative research stakeholder involvement sustainability water resources management Economics Environmental Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14897 https://doi.org/10.17221/203/2022-AGRICECON |
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