TY  - JOUR
AU  - Orum, Jens Erik
AU  - Boesen, Mads Vejlby
AU  - Jovanović, Zorica
AU  - Pedersen, Soren Marcus
PY  - 2010
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2361
AB  - Drip irrigation systems and irrigation strategies like deficit irrigation (DI) and partial root drying (PRO) are potential water saving irrigation systems and strategies. This paper analyses the Serbian farmer's economic incentive to use these water saving systems and strategies instead of the present sprinkler irrigation. The analysis is a partial budgeting analysis, based on irrigation application efficiency from the literature, standard figures for power requirements, pumping efficiency and friction losses for various sources of water and pressure requirements, yields and water use from recent Serbian field experiments, as well as prices and cost structures for potatoes collected in the Belgrade region. The analysis shows that changing the present system and strategy can save a significant amount of water (almost 50%). At the same time, however, irrigation costs are also significantly increased (more than doubled), and the total production costs are increased by 10% (deficit drip irrigation) and 23% (PRD). Increased taxes on water, investment subsidies, increased energy prices, and an increased yield or yield quality may provide incentives for farmers to change to new systems and strategies. The analysis indicates that a 0.80 to 1.97(sic) m(-3) water tax is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable. The socioeconomic cost of providing water for irrigation and the alternative value of saved water are probably not that high. Thus, water taxation may not be a socioeconomic efficient means to improve the irrigation water productivity of Serbian potato production. Drip irrigation and PRD may, however, also increase the yield quality, and a 10-23% quality premium (price increase) is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable.
PB  - Elsevier, Amsterdam
T2  - Agricultural Water Management
T1  - Farmers' incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation-A case study of Serbian potato production
EP  - 471
IS  - 3
SP  - 465
VL  - 98
DO  - 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.019
ER  - 

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author = "Orum, Jens Erik and Boesen, Mads Vejlby and Jovanović, Zorica and Pedersen, Soren Marcus",
year = "2010",
abstract = "Drip irrigation systems and irrigation strategies like deficit irrigation (DI) and partial root drying (PRO) are potential water saving irrigation systems and strategies. This paper analyses the Serbian farmer's economic incentive to use these water saving systems and strategies instead of the present sprinkler irrigation. The analysis is a partial budgeting analysis, based on irrigation application efficiency from the literature, standard figures for power requirements, pumping efficiency and friction losses for various sources of water and pressure requirements, yields and water use from recent Serbian field experiments, as well as prices and cost structures for potatoes collected in the Belgrade region. The analysis shows that changing the present system and strategy can save a significant amount of water (almost 50%). At the same time, however, irrigation costs are also significantly increased (more than doubled), and the total production costs are increased by 10% (deficit drip irrigation) and 23% (PRD). Increased taxes on water, investment subsidies, increased energy prices, and an increased yield or yield quality may provide incentives for farmers to change to new systems and strategies. The analysis indicates that a 0.80 to 1.97(sic) m(-3) water tax is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable. The socioeconomic cost of providing water for irrigation and the alternative value of saved water are probably not that high. Thus, water taxation may not be a socioeconomic efficient means to improve the irrigation water productivity of Serbian potato production. Drip irrigation and PRD may, however, also increase the yield quality, and a 10-23% quality premium (price increase) is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable.",
publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam",
journal = "Agricultural Water Management",
title = "Farmers' incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation-A case study of Serbian potato production",
pages = "471-465",
number = "3",
volume = "98",
doi = "10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.019"
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Orum, J. E., Boesen, M. V., Jovanović, Z.,& Pedersen, S. M.. (2010). Farmers' incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation-A case study of Serbian potato production. in Agricultural Water Management
Elsevier, Amsterdam., 98(3), 465-471.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.019

Orum JE, Boesen MV, Jovanović Z, Pedersen SM. Farmers' incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation-A case study of Serbian potato production. in Agricultural Water Management. 2010;98(3):465-471.
doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.019 .

Orum, Jens Erik, Boesen, Mads Vejlby, Jovanović, Zorica, Pedersen, Soren Marcus, "Farmers' incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation-A case study of Serbian potato production" in Agricultural Water Management, 98, no. 3 (2010):465-471,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.019 . .