TY - JOUR T1 - Field attributes, water pricing, and irrigation technology adoption JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 293 LP - 298 VL - 56 IS - 4 AU - E.C. Schuck AU - G.P. Green Y1 - 2001/10/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/56/4/293.abstract N2 - Water price policy can be an effective resource management tool to promote water conservation by encouraging reductions in water consumption and the adoption of less water-intensive irrigation technologies. However, a farm's ability to adopt alternative irrigation technologies depends upon the unique attributes of the farm site. In particular, interaction between field attributes like soil permeability and field slope can reduce and limit the insolence of water price in promoting adoption of alternative irrigation technologies. This issue is examined using irrigation technology adoption data from California's Central Valley. Results suggest that while water prices are important to water use decisions, field-spe& attributes are more important to the adoption of water conserving irrigation systems. ER -