Analysis of the Irrigation Water Price in Rice Production Tanzania

Amos Michael; Dmitry Kuznetsov; Silas Mirau

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Analysis of the Irrigation Water Price in Rice Production Tanzania

Amos Michael, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Silas Mirau

Published in Applied and Computational Mathematics (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 12 August 2014 Accepted: 23 August 2014 Published: 30 August 2014

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Abstract

Over the past 50 years, cross-sectoral water utilization in Tanzania has grown considerably due to the increase of human populations which increasing food demands and growing of economic activities that require water in production. The agriculture sector is one of the major users of water resource for irrigation activities. The purpose of this paper was to analyse the irrigation water price in rice production in Tanzania. The secondary data were collected from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives in Statistics Unit and zonal irrigation units. Elasticities were estimated using ordinary least squares technique with the help of STATA 11. Factor analysis technique was also applied. The estimated water price coefficient was found to be -0.03 and the average water price was estimated to be 5.50 Tshs/m3. However the water productivity was 0.3kg/m3, whereas the production was estimated to be 2.5ton/ha.

Published in	Applied and Computational Mathematics (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.acm.20140304.19
Page(s)	177-185
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Keywords

Water Demand Function, Panel Data, Irrigation, Water Price, Water Productivity, Factor Analysis

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Amos Michael

The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Dmitry Kuznetsov

The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Silas Mirau

The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

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