Irrigation Practices, Water Effectiveness and Productivity Measurement

Konstantinos Chatzimichael, Dimitris Christopoulos, Spiro Stefanou and Vangelis Tzouvelekas

No 1702, Working Papers from University of Crete, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper develops a consistent theoretical framework for measuring irrigation water effectiveness and its impact on productivity growth rates by assuming a smooth transition process from traditional to modern irrigation technologies among individual farmers.

Keywords: irrigation technology adoption and diffusion; irrigation effectiveness; productivity growth; translog-transition model; greenhouse farms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 O16 O33 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2017-07-08
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