Willingness to Pay for Assured Irrigation and Equity in Distribution of Tank Water inCentral Dry Zone of Karnataka

摘要

The present study was carried out to estimate the factors determining and willingness to pay (WTP) by farmers for assured irrigation and equity in distribution of tank water in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka. Two tanks one managed by Minor Irrigation Department (MID) and the other by farmers were considered. Ninety farmers from each tank management regimes were selected based on simple random technique. The mean willingness to pay was 894 and 809 per acre per year in case of farmers and MID managedtank regimes. Factors affecting farmers' WTP were education, area under tank irrigation, location of the farm and gross farm income. Shift in the threshold willingness to pay for the farmers under farmers managed tank regime was 118 per acre per year. Farmers under both the management regimes were ready to pay for assured irrigation and equity in distribution of water.