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Economic Performance of Traditional and Modern Rice Varieties under Different Water Management Systems

M. B. Hassen,Federica Monaco,A. Facchi,M. Romani,G. Valè,G. Sali

Published 2017 in Sustainability

ABSTRACT

Italian rice production is progressively threatened by water scarcity. Some strategies have been developed to reduce water use. Nevertheless, reducing water irrigation amounts may lower paddy rice production. This publication compares the productivity and the economic performances of traditional and modern rice varieties in northern Italy using two different water management systems. The objective of this analysis is to enhance Italian rice cultivation at the economic, environmental and agronomic levels. Some positive variations of water productivity and economic water productivity were observed for the two varieties when using a lower amount of irrigation water. However, actual production costs and most water supply fees are the same for all the irrigation methods. Furthermore, the study of agronomic traits shows that during the recent years, there were no significant differences or increases of yield among varieties. Consequently, to be adopted by farmers, the irrigation costs coupled with improved rice accessions need to be optimized.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Venue

    Sustainability

  • Publication date

    2017-02-26

  • Fields of study

    Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.3390/SU9030347
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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