农业节水的微观困境与出路:山东的实证

Water-saving Agriculture in Shandong: Dilemma of Micro-economics and Ways Out

本文认为,尽管农业节水的意义重大且有技术可能,但农户对此并不热心,农业节水在微观层面上陷入困境。问题的成因是多方面的,其中既有收费计量方面的原因,又有水价偏低、节水技术成本偏高、节水的利他意义大于利己价值等方面的原因。摆脱困境的出路包括尽可能按用水量收费、提高水价、研发应用低成本节水灌溉技术、对农户节水给予经济补偿等等。

The farmers are not active participants in water-saving practice although that is feasible technically and of great national importance. There are many factors leading to the impasse at the grassroots level, such as the depressed water price, relatively high cost of water-saving facilities, measuring correctly the quantity of water saved, and actual benefits to the water users. Better solutions might be found if the listed aspects are considered accordingly