The impact of irrigation on agricultural productivity: The case of FADN farms in Veneto

Journal title Economia agro-alimentare
Author/s Myriam Ruberto, Alessandro Catini, Mara Lai, Veronica Manganiello
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2021/3 Language English
Pages 0 P. 1-20 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ecag2021oa12779
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The aim of the research is to analyze economic aspects related to the use of water in agriculture, by evaluating the effect of irrigation on agricultural productivity in a sample of FADN farms in the Veneto region in 2018. Specifically, the change of the Gross Saleable Production (GSP) is analysed as against the binary variable use/non-use of irrigation by applying an econometric analysis. To estimate how irrigation might influence gsp we have considered, in addition to the variable use/non-use of irrigation, other explanatory variables that could leverage the gsp , in particular ‘variable costs’, ‘use of land’ and ‘uaa’. Results of the analysis show that a positive relationship exists between irrigation and the GSP . This result is considered relevant in the context of water resource management policies.

Keywords: Irrigation; Land productivity; Water value

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Myriam Ruberto, Alessandro Catini, Mara Lai, Veronica Manganiello, The impact of irrigation on agricultural productivity: The case of FADN farms in Veneto in "Economia agro-alimentare" 3/2021, pp 1-20, DOI: 10.3280/ecag2021oa12779