Review. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water

  • N. Arcas Departamento de Economía de la Empresa. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
  • F. Alcon Departamento de Economía de la Empresa. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
  • J. A. Gomez-Limon Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA). Junta de Andalucía.
  • M. D. de Miguel Departamento de Economía de la Empresa. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
Keywords: literature review, quantitative approach, research methods, subject areas

Abstract

This work analyses the main research trends (subjects, methodology used, countries of the authors and data) in the economics of irrigation water during the last 10 years (2000-2009). For this purpose, a quantitative methodology has been used which is new to this sphere, based on the review of a representative sample of 332 papers published in the 15 most important journals focused on this field of science indexed in the databases of theInstitute for Scientific Information (ISI), the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SCCI). The results obtained confirm: a) the notable growth in the number of papers published, especially in the last three years, b) the high degree of collaboration between authors, including those of different origin, for their performance c) the prominence of the USA, Australia, India and Spain as the countries of the first authors and origin of the data, d) the greater attention given to subjects related with «investment project analysis», «production planning» and, especially, «production function and productivity of water», and e) the predominance of empirical studies that use basic analysis approaches (cost analysis, investment evaluation, etc.).

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Arcas, N., Alcon, F., Gomez-Limon, J. A., & de Miguel, M. D. (1). Review. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 8(S2), 172-186. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/201008S2-1360