DETERMINANTS OF WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION UNIONS IN TÜRKİYE

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2024-5

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Bildirici, Mehmet Emin

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Water is an indispensable resource for life on Earth. Due to its indispensability for life, the fact that the price of water is far below its economic and life value prevents the formation of an awareness of use that will be proportional to its limited resource. With the prediction that the water scarcity problem will become more severe with global warming, developing policies to reduce water use is essential. It is usual for these policies to be implemented with priority to the agricultural sector, which has the largest share in water use, such as Türkiye. Therefore, this thesis analyses the determinants of water use in terms of parameters such as water use handling fee (WUHF), number of rainy days, evaporation rate, and cultivated area. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first research conducted in Türkiye examining the factors determining agricultural water usage, integrating climatic data with an econometric analysis of water use handling fee. As a scope, the data of irrigation unions operating in the areas under the responsibility of the regional directorates of the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works across Türkiye are aggregated at the regional level. The coefficients are estimated using the maximum likelihood structural equation model. The results support the first hypothesis that water use handling fee, cultivated areas, and water consumption values from the previous year statistically affect water consumption. The study provides statistical data on the effects of agricultural water use.

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Irrigation Unions, Water Price, Irrigation Water

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/109838

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis