How drip irrigation reduced water use and increase water costs in Valencia Region

What is it about?

We analyse the consequences of the generalized implementation of drip irrigation in the last two decades in irrigation associations. The reduction of water withdrawals has been generally significant, because the regional contextual factors prevented, in most cases, crop intensification and areal expansion. Nevertheless, due to the enormous investment effort and the resulting maintenance costs, the technological change has increased irrigation costs, generating some uncertainties concerning the financial sustainability of some WUAs.

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