Designing Optimum Water-Saving Policy in China Using Quantity and Price Control Mechanisms

doi:10.3390/su11092529

	Designing Optimum Water-Saving Policy in China Using Quantity and Price Control Mechanisms
	Boudmyxay, Khampheng 1,2,3; Zhong, Shuai 1,2,3,4; Shen, Lei 1,2,3,4
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2019-05-01
卷号	11 期号:9 页码:20
关键词	quantity and price controls water-saving policy agricultural water use agricultural production rural households dynamic CGE model China
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su11092529
通讯作者	Zhong, Shuai(zhongshuai@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	In an attempt to alleviate water scarcity, the government of China has introduced a water plan for the year 2030. Based on a dynamic computable general equilibrium model, this paper investigates how conservation of irrigation water, grain production, and the welfare of rural households will be affected by planned reductions to the irrigation water subsidy between 2018 and 2030. Four policy instruments, namely quantitative control (QC), quantitative control with a subsidy reduction (QC-SR), price control (PC), and price control with a subsidy reduction (PC-SR) are employed in the model. Most existing research has found that reducing the irrigation subsidy will lead to significant negative impacts to the agricultural economy, and especially to rural households. These predicted negative impacts are a barrier to agricultural water policy pricing reform. However, the results of this research show that a provincial subsidy reduction to 1% between 2018 and 2030 will have an insignificant impact on agricultural production as well as rural household incomes and welfare, despite the subsidy rate currently accounting for more than 90% of the total irrigation value at the macro level in most provinces. Furthermore, PC will create a demand for irrigation water, which is predicted to rise to more than five times the agricultural water planning level currently set for 2030, and PC-SR will not achieve the agricultural water planning goal.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA19040102] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41771566] ; Special Project of Lancang-Mekong River Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China Agricultural Resources and Environmental Survey with Information Platform Construction in Lancang-Mekong River Basin
WOS关键词	NORTHERN CHINA ; USE EFFICIENCY ; IRRIGATION ; SCARCITY ; MANAGEMENT ; FARMERS ; DEMAND ; SYSTEM
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000469518700077
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Special Project of Lancang-Mekong River Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China Agricultural Resources and Environmental Survey with Information Platform Construction in Lancang-Mekong River Basin
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/58715]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhong, Shuai
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Laos China Joint Res Ctr Resources & Environm, Vientiane Capital 7864, Laos 4.Minist Nat Resources, Key Lab Carrying Capac Assessment Resource & Envi, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Boudmyxay, Khampheng,Zhong, Shuai,Shen, Lei. Designing Optimum Water-Saving Policy in China Using Quantity and Price Control Mechanisms[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2019,11(9):20.
APA	Boudmyxay, Khampheng,Zhong, Shuai,&Shen, Lei.(2019).Designing Optimum Water-Saving Policy in China Using Quantity and Price Control Mechanisms.SUSTAINABILITY,11(9),20.
MLA	Boudmyxay, Khampheng,et al."Designing Optimum Water-Saving Policy in China Using Quantity and Price Control Mechanisms".SUSTAINABILITY 11.9(2019):20.