Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application
Irrigation water reallocations are playing an increasingly important role in both developed and developing countries. With growing urban and environmental water demands, rising costs for the development of new water supplies, and irrigated agricult...
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ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AGRICULTURAL USERS AGRICULTURAL USES AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUIFER AVAILABLE WATER BASINS CANALS CATCHMENTS CHANGING WATER DEMANDS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTIVE USE COST OF WATER CROP CULTIVATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DAMS DECISION MAKERS DEEP PERCOLATION DELIVERY COSTS DEMAND FOR WATER DITCHES DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPORATION FARM MANAGEMENT FARMERS FIXED CHARGE GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS HYDROLOGICAL MODEL INDUSTRIAL USES INTERBASIN TRANSFERS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY IRRIGATORS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGINAL COST MEASUREMENTS MUNICIPAL USE NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN OPERATION & MAINTENANCE PERCOLATION PH PIPE PIPES PRESSURE PRIOR APPROPRIATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PROGRAMS PUMPING RAINFALL RAW WATER REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS ROOT ZONE RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SIPHONS SOILS STREAMFLOW TRANSPIRATION URBAN WATER URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT URBAN WATER SUPPLY USE OF WATER UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER APPLICATION WATER BANKING WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WATER INDUSTRY WATER INFILTRATION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MARKET WATER MARKETING WATER MARKETS WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WATER TRANSFER WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHEDS WELLS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AGRICULTURAL USERS AGRICULTURAL USES AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUIFER AVAILABLE WATER BASINS CANALS CATCHMENTS CHANGING WATER DEMANDS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTIVE USE COST OF WATER CROP CULTIVATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DAMS DECISION MAKERS DEEP PERCOLATION DELIVERY COSTS DEMAND FOR WATER DITCHES DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPORATION FARM MANAGEMENT FARMERS FIXED CHARGE GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS HYDROLOGICAL MODEL INDUSTRIAL USES INTERBASIN TRANSFERS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY IRRIGATORS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGINAL COST MEASUREMENTS MUNICIPAL USE NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN OPERATION & MAINTENANCE PERCOLATION PH PIPE PIPES PRESSURE PRIOR APPROPRIATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PROGRAMS PUMPING RAINFALL RAW WATER REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS ROOT ZONE RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SIPHONS SOILS STREAMFLOW TRANSPIRATION URBAN WATER URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT URBAN WATER SUPPLY USE OF WATER UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER APPLICATION WATER BANKING WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WATER INDUSTRY WATER INFILTRATION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MARKET WATER MARKETING WATER MARKETS WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WATER TRANSFER WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHEDS WELLS Scheierling, Susanne M. Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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Irrigation water reallocations are
playing an increasingly important role in both developed and
developing countries. With growing urban and environmental
water demands, rising costs for the development of new water
supplies, and irrigated agriculture usually including the
least economically valuable use of water, transfers of
irrigation water to alternative uses are increasing.
However, such reallocations are often controversial, and it
is often questioned whether the benefits resulting from
these transactions are large enough to outweigh the
associated costs. This paper reviews the experience with
irrigation water transfers, including the involvement of the
World Bank. It discusses the problems of assessing the
direct economic effects of reallocations, with a focus on
the foregone direct benefits in irrigated agriculture.
Because foregone direct benefits cannot easily be directly
observed, they need to be estimated. However, assessments
have shown widely differing estimates -- even when the same
methodology was used. The paper reviews the methodologies
and model specifications used for estimating foregone direct
benefits; illustrates the impact of different model
specifications on the magnitude of estimates of foregone
direct benefits based on an application in an example case;
and draws conclusions with regard to future efforts in
assessing reallocation effects, including calculating
adequate compensation for farmers. Because estimating the
direct benefits of irrigation expansion is methodologically
equivalent to estimating foregone direct benefits from
reduced irrigation water supplies, the findings have
implications for a broader range of water allocation decisions. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Scheierling, Susanne M. |
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Scheierling, Susanne M. |
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Scheierling, Susanne M. |
| title |
Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water
to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water
to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water
to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water
to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water
to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application |
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assessing the direct economic effects of reallocating irrigation water
to alternative uses : concepts and an application |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-35612021-04-23T14:02:10Z Assessing the Direct Economic Effects of Reallocating Irrigation Water to Alternative Uses : Concepts and an Application Scheierling, Susanne M. ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AGRICULTURAL USERS AGRICULTURAL USES AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUIFER AVAILABLE WATER BASINS CANALS CATCHMENTS CHANGING WATER DEMANDS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTIVE USE COST OF WATER CROP CULTIVATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DAMS DECISION MAKERS DEEP PERCOLATION DELIVERY COSTS DEMAND FOR WATER DITCHES DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPORATION FARM MANAGEMENT FARMERS FIXED CHARGE GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS HYDROLOGICAL MODEL INDUSTRIAL USES INTERBASIN TRANSFERS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY IRRIGATORS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGINAL COST MEASUREMENTS MUNICIPAL USE NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN OPERATION & MAINTENANCE PERCOLATION PH PIPE PIPES PRESSURE PRIOR APPROPRIATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PROGRAMS PUMPING RAINFALL RAW WATER REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS ROOT ZONE RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SIPHONS SOILS STREAMFLOW TRANSPIRATION URBAN WATER URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT URBAN WATER SUPPLY USE OF WATER UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER APPLICATION WATER BANKING WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WATER INDUSTRY WATER INFILTRATION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MARKET WATER MARKETING WATER MARKETS WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WATER TRANSFER WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHEDS WELLS Irrigation water reallocations are playing an increasingly important role in both developed and developing countries. With growing urban and environmental water demands, rising costs for the development of new water supplies, and irrigated agriculture usually including the least economically valuable use of water, transfers of irrigation water to alternative uses are increasing. However, such reallocations are often controversial, and it is often questioned whether the benefits resulting from these transactions are large enough to outweigh the associated costs. This paper reviews the experience with irrigation water transfers, including the involvement of the World Bank. It discusses the problems of assessing the direct economic effects of reallocations, with a focus on the foregone direct benefits in irrigated agriculture. Because foregone direct benefits cannot easily be directly observed, they need to be estimated. However, assessments have shown widely differing estimates -- even when the same methodology was used. The paper reviews the methodologies and model specifications used for estimating foregone direct benefits; illustrates the impact of different model specifications on the magnitude of estimates of foregone direct benefits based on an application in an example case; and draws conclusions with regard to future efforts in assessing reallocation effects, including calculating adequate compensation for farmers. Because estimating the direct benefits of irrigation expansion is methodologically equivalent to estimating foregone direct benefits from reduced irrigation water supplies, the findings have implications for a broader range of water allocation decisions. 2012-03-19T18:04:38Z 2012-03-19T18:04:38Z 2011-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110914142718 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3561 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5797 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |