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Irrigation practices, water effectiveness and productivity measurement
[Toward an understanding of technology adoption: risk, learning, and neighborhood effects]

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  • Konstantinos Chatzimichael
  • Dimitris Christopoulos
  • Spiro Stefanou
  • Vangelis Tzouvelekas

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This paper develops a consistent theoretical framework for measuring irrigation water effectiveness and its impact on productivity growth rates by assuming a smooth transition process from traditional to modern irrigation technologies among individual farmers. The econometric model is based on a two-stage estimation procedure incorporating the transition process within a primal TFP decomposition framework. An empirical investigation addresses a panel of 56 small-scale greenhouse farms in Crete, Greece during the 2010–2013 period. The results indicate that technical change driven by irrigation water technology improvement contributes significantly to total factor productivity growth. Further, the impacts of specific climatic and soil conditions do not allow farmers to fully explore the potential of the new irrigation technology delaying adoption rates.

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  • Konstantinos Chatzimichael & Dimitris Christopoulos & Spiro Stefanou & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2020. "Irrigation practices, water effectiveness and productivity measurement [Toward an understanding of technology adoption: risk, learning, and neighborhood effects]," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 47(2), pages 467-498.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:47:y:2020:i:2:p:467-498.
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    1. Maria Vrachioli & Spiro E. Stefanou & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2021. "Impact Evaluation of Alternative Irrigation Technology in Crete: Correcting for Selectivity Bias," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 79(3), pages 551-574, July.
    2. Tim Ölkers & Ella Kirchner & Oliver Mußhoff, 2025. "A Typology of Malian Farming Households," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(6), pages 1210-1239, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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