TY - JOUR
T1 - Technology adoption in agriculture
T2 - Implications for ground water conservation in the Texas high plains
AU - Arabiyat, Talah S.
AU - Segarra, Eduardo
AU - Johnson, Jason L.
PY - 2001/6
Y1 - 2001/6
N2 - The impact of technology adoption (advanced irrigation technologies and anticipated biotechnological advances) on the sustainability of agricultural activities in the Texas High Plains of the US is evaluated in this study. Specifically, a county-wide dynamic optimization model is used to (a) determine optimal ground water use levels and cropping patterns, and (b) evaluate the impacts of irrigation technology and biotechnology adoption on ground water use. The results indicate that current cropland allocation and levels of advanced irrigation technology adoption are not close to optimal. Approaching the issue of sustainability, the results show that the net present value of returns trade-off to achieve ground water conservation, in terms of what producers would have to give up to achieve ground water supply stability, would be relatively small.
AB - The impact of technology adoption (advanced irrigation technologies and anticipated biotechnological advances) on the sustainability of agricultural activities in the Texas High Plains of the US is evaluated in this study. Specifically, a county-wide dynamic optimization model is used to (a) determine optimal ground water use levels and cropping patterns, and (b) evaluate the impacts of irrigation technology and biotechnology adoption on ground water use. The results indicate that current cropland allocation and levels of advanced irrigation technology adoption are not close to optimal. Approaching the issue of sustainability, the results show that the net present value of returns trade-off to achieve ground water conservation, in terms of what producers would have to give up to achieve ground water supply stability, would be relatively small.
KW - Agricultural sustainability
KW - Ground water use
KW - Irrigation
KW - Technology adoption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035013813&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0921-3449(01)00054-4
DO - 10.1016/S0921-3449(01)00054-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035013813
SN - 0921-3449
VL - 32
SP - 147
EP - 156
JO - Resources, Conservation and Recycling
JF - Resources, Conservation and Recycling
IS - 2
ER -