IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/envman/v34y2004i2d10.1007_s00267-004-0019-8.html

The Use of Irrigation Water in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Region During Transition

Author

Listed:
  • Ivan Penov

    (University of Agriculture–Plovdiv, Department of Agricultural Economics)

Abstract

The amount of water Bulgaria uses for irrigation sharply declined during the transition. Large sections of the existing irrigation systems were abandoned, and those still in use are hardly maintained. Crops such as wheat and barley have replaced more water-intensive crops, such as vegetables, rice, and maize. This problem has an impact on the future development of agriculture and the allocation of the country’s water resources. The central argument is that land fragmentation in the wake of decollectivization and restitution contributes to the irrigation systems’ abandonment. This article focuses on the institutional factors involved, but also considers additional factors that might have influenced the process. Further, it examines the causes driving these changes and analyzes their effect on irrigation. It is based on a review of the relevant legislation as well as fieldwork in 17 villages located in the Plovdiv region of Bulgaria. The article concludes that institutional settings, in addition to changes in large-scale market forces and the state enforcement mechanism, have contributed to the irrigation decline in Bulgaria.

Suggested Citation

  • Ivan Penov, 2004. "The Use of Irrigation Water in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Region During Transition," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 304-313, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:34:y:2004:i:2:d:10.1007_s00267-004-0019-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0019-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00267-004-0019-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s00267-004-0019-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:34:y:2004:i:2:d:10.1007_s00267-004-0019-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.