Determinants of agricultural water saving technology adoption:an empirical study of 10 provinces of China  

作　　者：Liu Yu Huang Jikun Wang Jinxia Scott Rozelle 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China [2]Graduate University, chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R.China [3]Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy （CCAP）, Beifing 10010,P.R.China [4]Center for Asian Pacific Studies, Stanford Universitv, 95613,. U.S.A

出　　处：《Ecological Economy》2008年第4期462-472,共11页生态经济（英文版）

基　　金：supported by International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Australian Bureau of agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), CAS Knowledge Innovation Program (Grant No. KSCX2-YW-N-039);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 70733004).

摘　　要：In recent years, China has been faced by an increasingly severe water shortage due to the continual growth of demand on water resources. Although the Chinese government has been actively promoting the agricultural water-saving technology adoption, it is ill-informed of the adoption degree of the current agricultural watersaving technologies as well as the function of the governmental policies, Therefore, this paper＂ analyzes the aforesaid problems based on investigative data of 10 provinces in China. The results demonstrate that although there is a rapid increase of adopted agricultural water-saving technologies, the actual adoption area is rather limited. Moreover, the governmental policies and scarcity of water resources are the deierminants of agricultural water-saving technology adoption. Ultimately, the paper proposes some policy suggestions.In recent years,China has been faced by an increasingly severe water shortage due to the continual growth of demand on water resources.Although the Chinese government has been actively promoting the agricul-tural water-saving technology adoption,it is ill-informed of the adoption degree of the current agricultural water-saving technologies as well as the function of the governmental policies.Therefore,this paper analyzes the aforesaid problems based on investigative data of 10 provinces in China.The results demonstrate that although there is a rapid increase of adopted agricultural water-saving technologies,the actual adoption area is rather limited.Moreover,the governmental policies and scarcity of water resources are the determinants of agricultural water-saving technology adoption.Ultimately,the paper proposes some policy suggestions.

关 键 词：AGRICULTURE Water saving technology Water resource. Water shortage 

分 类 号：S27[农业科学—农业水土工程]