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The primary objective of the research is to understand how reforms of water pricing would affect water savings and agriculture production and farmers income. The specific objectives are - to study farmers’ attitudes, responses to the reform of water pricing; identify the potential for the raise of water prices for irrigation and impact on the total agricultural production and farmer’s income and water-saving technology adoption and propose alternative scenarios practical and effective policies of water pricing for irrigation.
Collaborators: Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China’s Irrigation District Association (CIDA), National Center of Efficient Irrigation of Engineer & Technology (NCER)
Duration: 2004-2005
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