Determining the Physical and Economic Productivity of Agricultural Water: The Case of Dezful Region

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• F. Molareza Qassab ¹
• A. Abdeshahi ²
• Afshin Marzban ³

¹ Former MSc Student of Rural Development, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Khuzestan, Iran.

² Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Khuzestan. Corresponding Author ([e-mail])

³ Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization Engineering, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Khuzestan.

Abstract

In this study, physical and economic water productivities of agronomic and horticulture crops of Dezful city were calculated, and the priority cultivation of these crops was determined in the 2016. A regression model was used to investigate factors affecting water productivity. Necessary data were collected using stratified random sampling by completing a quetionaire of 221 farmers. The results indicated that maximum physical productivity is related to lettuce (22.8 kgh-1), carrot (15.03 kgh-1) and onion (9.19 kgh-1) and minimum physicsl productivity is related to orange (0.67 kgh-1) and grapefruit (0.84 kgh-1) respectively. The results also indicated that variables such as type of crop, age, experience and education level of farmers, planting area, nonagricultural job, kind of water source and irrigation method affect physical water productivity and variables such as age and experience of farmers, nonagricultural job, soil texture and type of water source affect economic water productivity.

Keywords

• Physical Water Productivity
• Economic Water Productivity
• agronomic and horticulture crops
• Regression

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