Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique

Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique

Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. Hig...

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Main Authors: Christian, Paul, Kondylis, Florence, Mueller, Valerie, Zwager, Astrid, Siegfried, Tobias
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
WATER
IRRIGATION
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER SUPPLY
COMMON RESOURCE
WATER SCARCITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206391519136157728/Water-when-it-counts-reducing-scarcity-through-irrigation-monitoring-in-Central-Mozambique
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spelling okr-10986-294052021-06-08T14:42:48Z Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique Christian, Paul Kondylis, Florence Mueller, Valerie Zwager, Astrid Siegfried, Tobias WATER IRRIGATION WATER ALLOCATION WATER SUPPLY COMMON RESOURCE WATER SCARCITY Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with inefficiency in allocations. A randomized control trial compares two feedback tools: i) general information, charting the water requirements for common crops, and ii) individualized information, comparing water requirements with each farmer's water use in the same season of the previous year. Both types of feedback tools lead to higher reported and observed sufficiency of water relative to recommendations, and nearly eliminate reports of conflicts over water. The experiment fails to detect an additional effect of individualized comparative feedback relative to a general information treatment. 2018-02-28T22:30:21Z 2018-02-28T22:30:21Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206391519136157728/Water-when-it-counts-reducing-scarcity-through-irrigation-monitoring-in-Central-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29405 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8345 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Mozambique
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topic WATER
IRRIGATION
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER SUPPLY
COMMON RESOURCE
WATER SCARCITY
spellingShingle WATER
IRRIGATION
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER SUPPLY
COMMON RESOURCE
WATER SCARCITY
Christian, Paul
Kondylis, Florence
Mueller, Valerie
Zwager, Astrid
Siegfried, Tobias
Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
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Mozambique
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8345
description Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with inefficiency in allocations. A randomized control trial compares two feedback tools: i) general information, charting the water requirements for common crops, and ii) individualized information, comparing water requirements with each farmer's water use in the same season of the previous year. Both types of feedback tools lead to higher reported and observed sufficiency of water relative to recommendations, and nearly eliminate reports of conflicts over water. The experiment fails to detect an additional effect of individualized comparative feedback relative to a general information treatment.
format Working Paper
author Christian, Paul
Kondylis, Florence
Mueller, Valerie
Zwager, Astrid
Siegfried, Tobias
author_facet Christian, Paul
Kondylis, Florence
Mueller, Valerie
Zwager, Astrid
Siegfried, Tobias
author_sort Christian, Paul
title Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
title_short Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
title_full Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
title_fullStr Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Water When It Counts : Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
title_sort water when it counts : reducing scarcity through irrigation monitoring in central mozambique
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206391519136157728/Water-when-it-counts-reducing-scarcity-through-irrigation-monitoring-in-Central-Mozambique
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29405
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