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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights to agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin

Lili Rong A , Xin Cheng https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0631-3162 A * and Chenghao Xu A
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A Business School, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250002, PR China.

* Correspondence to: 674279319@qq.com

Handling Editor: Yong Xiao

Marine and Freshwater Research 75, MF23211 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF23211
Submitted: 17 November 2023  Accepted: 28 March 2024  Published: 21 May 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Context

Explore the incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights of agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin.

Aims

To explore the incentives of water-rights confirmation in agriculture and its transmission mechanism for water conservation among farmers and explore the incentive measures for farmers to save water.

Methods

Quantitative research method.

Key results

Water-rights confirmation in agriculture influences farmers’ willingness to conserve water and the amount of investment in water conservation through security effects, credit effects and transaction effects.

Conclusions

The deepening of agricultural water ownership will increase farmers’ willingness to save water and their investment amount.

Implications

Clarify the transmission mechanism of agricultural water rights for farmers’ water saving.

Keywords: agricultural water rights confirmation, credit effect, desired amount of water saving investment, farmers’ water saving, safety effect, transaction effect, water conservation incentives, water-saving intention.

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