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dc.contributor.authorAlcon, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorTapsuwan, Sorada
dc.contributor.authorBrouwer, Robert
dc.contributor.authorYunes, M.
dc.contributor.authorMounzer, O. Hussein
dc.contributor.authorde-Miguel, María Dolores
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-19 15:27:51 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-09-19 15:27:51 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2019-01-10
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.410
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/13820
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Elsevier via https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.410 © 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractLebanon is facing an increasing water supply deficit due to the increasing demand for freshwater, decreasing surface and groundwater resources and malfunctioning water governance structures. Technological and policy changes are needed to alleviate the impact of water scarcity and secure water in the future. This paper investigates farmers' preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) in a choice experiment for a series of water saving measures at plot and irrigation district level, including more timely information of water delivery. These measures are expected to strengthen water security and use water more efficiently. Farmers are willing to pay higher water prices of $0.32/m3 and $0.22/m3 to support the implementation of water saving measures at plot level and the installation of water metering devices across the irrigation district, respectively. They are not willing to pay extra for obtaining information related to their water delivery earlier in time if this means that they will also have to pay earlier in the year for the water. Farmers with higher income and education levels who decide on their cropping pattern based on expected rainfall data are more interested in taking action than farmers whose cropping decisions are primarily based on last year's sales prices. The study shows that when aiming to design more effective sustainable water management strategies, accounting for farmers' needs and preferences, their age also has to be considered: younger farmers (<40 years) are on average more interested in and willing to pay more for new water saving measures than older farmers (>40 years).en
dc.description.sponsorshipFP7-FOOD-CT-2009-245159 project SIRRIMED funded by DG Research of the European Commissionen
dc.description.sponsorshipproject AGRISERVI funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [AGL2015-64411-R (MINECO/FEDER)]en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectChoice experimenten
dc.subjectIrrigationen
dc.subjectLebanonen
dc.subjectWater pricingen
dc.subjectWater savingen
dc.subjectWater securityen
dc.subjectWillingness to payen
dc.titleModelling farmer choices for water security measures in the Litani river basin in Lebanonen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlcon, F., Tapsuwan, S., Brouwer, R., Yunes, M., Mounzer, O., & de-Miguel, M. D. (2019). Modelling farmer choices for water security measures in the Litani river basin in Lebanon. Science of The Total Environment, 647, 37–46. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.410en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Economicsen
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