TY - JOUR
T1 - Drip irrigation as a socio-technical configuration
T2 - policy design and technological choice in Western India
AU - Misquitta, Karan
AU - Birkenholtz, Trevor
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was carried out under the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project. ASSAR is one of four research programmes funded under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia, with financial support from the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The views expressed in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of DfID and IDRC or its board of governors. The authors would like to extend sincere thanks to Prashant Kalaskar, Pradeep Ghagare and Kalyani Thatte for their support during the fieldwork. Special thanks to Dr Marcella D’Souza and Mr Crispino Lobo and the WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies. Thank you to Chandni Singh, Ramkumar Bendapudi and two anonymous reviewers and the editor for valuable feedback that significantly shaped this article. Most importantly, we thank the respondents and interlocutors who invested their time and trust in this work.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Through a case study of farmers in India we examine the relationship between drip irrigation subsidy policies, farmer adoption and technological choice. We examine changes in the subsidy design and the implications that these have for farmers. We show how the negotiation of multiple interests influences the kind of technology promoted and the design of the subsidy programme. This creates barriers to adoption, particularly for relatively resource-poor farmers. For these famers, the relative advantages of low-cost alternative technologies appear to be significant.
AB - Through a case study of farmers in India we examine the relationship between drip irrigation subsidy policies, farmer adoption and technological choice. We examine changes in the subsidy design and the implications that these have for farmers. We show how the negotiation of multiple interests influences the kind of technology promoted and the design of the subsidy programme. This creates barriers to adoption, particularly for relatively resource-poor farmers. For these famers, the relative advantages of low-cost alternative technologies appear to be significant.
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U2 - 10.1080/02508060.2020.1858696
DO - 10.1080/02508060.2020.1858696
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100206848
SN - 0250-8060
VL - 46
SP - 112
EP - 129
JO - Water International
JF - Water International
IS - 1
ER -