TY - JOUR AU - Green, Gareth AU - Sunding, David AU - Zilberman, David AU - Parker, Doug AU - Trotter, Cliff AU - Collup, Steve TI - How does water price affect irrigation technology adoption? JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1996/03/01 VL - 50 IS - 2 SP - 36 EP - 40 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v050n02p36 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v050n02p36 AB - The use of water price or best management practices have been advocated by some commentators to induce adoption of low-volume irrigation technologies and to encourage water use efficiency. However, the method of water application is only one of many inputs and constraints in agricultural production. California's highly diverse topography, soil types and variety of crops influence irrigation technology choices, therefore a policy mandating adoption of modern technologies is likely to have undesirable impacts. Crop type appears to be a major consideration in technology choice, as some technologies may be incompatible with some types of crops.