Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice

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dc.contributor.advisorHigh, Hughen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOricho, George Oderoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-28T05:31:21Z
dc.date.available2015-10-28T05:31:21Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 84-90.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractConsiderable interest has arisen regarding irrigation water use in, especially, arid areas where competition for this scarce but crucial commodity is likely to intensify. The immediate implication is that user sectors, of which irrigated agriculture is the largest, must ensure efficient and conservative use of scarce water resources, using it sparingly and in high value I return economic activities. Central to the desire for efficient use, in a free market, is the role that proper pricing of water (so that its scarcity value is accurately reflected) could play in limiting farmers' derived short-run irrigation water demand, crop choices, and their choice of technology for irrigation. Using a multi- product firm framework, we have here constructed and modelled four central farm decision functions: the short-run demand function for irrigation water demand; the farmer's crop choice decision; the choice of irrigation technology; and lastly, a crop output equation. We conclude that irrigation water price does not influence short-run irrigation water demand, neither does it affect the farmer's choice of crops or technology. Our fourth equation, the crop output equation, however, demonstrates the important role water plays in irrigation agriculture. Using farm budget data from Orange Free State and Transvaal, which are collected by the Directorate of Agricultural Economics for short - term planning purposes, we conclude that the apparent inefficacy of water costs as a tool for ensuring the efficient and conservative utilisation of irrigation water is due to the relatively negligible weight water inputs have relative to the farmers' capital and operating costs. Water prices alone cannot , therefore, be relied upon as an effective tool for efficient water utilisation in irrigated agriculture in the study area.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationOricho, G. O. (1995). <i>Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14386en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOricho, George Odero. <i>"Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14386en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOricho, G. 1995. Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Oricho, George Odero AB - Considerable interest has arisen regarding irrigation water use in, especially, arid areas where competition for this scarce but crucial commodity is likely to intensify. The immediate implication is that user sectors, of which irrigated agriculture is the largest, must ensure efficient and conservative use of scarce water resources, using it sparingly and in high value I return economic activities. Central to the desire for efficient use, in a free market, is the role that proper pricing of water (so that its scarcity value is accurately reflected) could play in limiting farmers' derived short-run irrigation water demand, crop choices, and their choice of technology for irrigation. Using a multi- product firm framework, we have here constructed and modelled four central farm decision functions: the short-run demand function for irrigation water demand; the farmer's crop choice decision; the choice of irrigation technology; and lastly, a crop output equation. We conclude that irrigation water price does not influence short-run irrigation water demand, neither does it affect the farmer's choice of crops or technology. Our fourth equation, the crop output equation, however, demonstrates the important role water plays in irrigation agriculture. Using farm budget data from Orange Free State and Transvaal, which are collected by the Directorate of Agricultural Economics for short - term planning purposes, we conclude that the apparent inefficacy of water costs as a tool for ensuring the efficient and conservative utilisation of irrigation water is due to the relatively negligible weight water inputs have relative to the farmers' capital and operating costs. Water prices alone cannot , therefore, be relied upon as an effective tool for efficient water utilisation in irrigated agriculture in the study area. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice TI - Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14386 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOricho GO. Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14386en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleShort run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choiceen_ZA
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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