Reimagining cost recovery in Pakistan’s irrigation system through willingness-to-pay estimates for irrigation water from a discrete choice experiment

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dc.creatorBell, A.R.
dc.creatorAli Shah, Azeem M.
dc.creatorWard, Patrick S.
dc.date2014-08
dc.date2015-03-17T14:39:57Z
dc.date2015-03-17T14:39:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:30:45Z
dc.descriptionIt is widely argued that farmers are unwilling to pay adequate fees for surface water irrigation to recover the costs associated with maintenance and improvement of delivery systems. In this paper, we use a discrete choice experiment to study farmer preferences for irrigation characteristics along two branch canals in Punjab Province in eastern Pakistan. We find that farmers are generally willing to pay well in excess of current surface water irrigation costs for increased surface water reliability and that the amount that farmers are willing to pay is an increasing function of their existing surface water supply as well as location along the main canal branch. This explicit translation of implicit willingness-to-pay (WTP) for water (via expenditure on groundwater pumping) to WTP for reliable surface water demonstrates the potential for greatly enhanced cost recovery in the Indus Basin Irrigation System via appropriate setting of water user fees, driven by the higher WTP of those currently receiving reliable supplies.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/58424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/158071
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBell, A. R.; Ali Shah, Azeem M.; Ward, P. S. 2014. Reimagining cost recovery in Pakistan’s irrigation system through willingness-to-pay estimates for irrigation water from a discrete choice experiment. Water Resources Research, 50(8):6679-6695. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015704
dc.subjectirrigation systems
dc.subjectsalinity
dc.subjectcanals
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectwater user groups
dc.subjectcost recovery
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectpumping
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectwater users
dc.titleReimagining cost recovery in Pakistan’s irrigation system through willingness-to-pay estimates for irrigation water from a discrete choice experiment
dc.typeJournal Article

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