<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran"^^ . ". Iran is located in an arid and semi-arid area with scarcity of water resource for its agricultural \r\nactivities. About 93 percent of the total annual Iranian water consumption is for agricultural activities. Not \r\nwith standing high irrigation water demand in the agricultural sector, farmers pay very low price for water \r\nand the cost borne by farmers for irrigation water is much lower than the actual value of water. The low \r\nirrigation fee has caused not only inefficient allocation of water resources in this sector, but it has also \r\nresulted in farmers producing crops which require relatively large amount of water as well as non-essential \r\ncrops. The main objective of this study is to estimate the demand for irrigation water, and to analyze the \r\ncurrent pricing mechanism (policy) for water. The demand elasticity of goods, services and input determines \r\nwhich a change in price, ceteris paribus, affects users’ quantity demanded. This study investigated the \r\nstructure of irrigation water demand by estimating the derived demand for water on a particular crop, \r\nwatermelon, in Iran. A derived demand function is estimated after performing the relevant statistical tests. \r\nThe price elasticity of irrigation water demand and other elasticities are also computed. The price elasticity is \r\nfound significant. Data and information from 2001 to 2006 from 21 provinces in Iran is employed. \r\nParameters for the demand functions were estimated using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). The parameters of \r\nmodels were estimated using the econometric method on panel data. The estimated water price coefficients \r\nare found to be negative which confirm the economic pricing theory. (Abstract by authors)\r\n "^^ . "2012-11" . . "55" . "Nov" . . "International Proceedings of Economics Development & Research;"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Ahmad Sadeghi "^^ . " Ahmad Sadeghi "^^ . . ""^^ . "Mohammad Khodabakhsh"^^ . " Mohammad Khodabakhsh"^^ . . ""^^ . "Naser Motiee"^^ . " Naser Motiee"^^ . . ""^^ . "Seyed Reza Nazarihashemi "^^ . " Seyed Reza Nazarihashemi "^^ . . ""^^ . "Ghazali Mohayidin "^^ . " Ghazali Mohayidin "^^ . . "Department of Economics and Management, Power and Water University of Technology, Vafadar, Exp’way, Shahid Abaspour Blv, Tehran, I.R.Iran"^^ . . . "Department of Economics and Management, Power and Water University of Technology, Vafadar, Exp’way, Shahid Abaspour Blv, Tehran, I.R.Iran"^^ . . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . "Department of management and Agricultural Development, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 4111 Karaj, Iran."^^ . . . "Department of Economics and Management, Power and Water University of Technology, Vafadar, Exp’way, Shahid Abaspour Blv, Tehran, I.R.Iran"^^ . . . . . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Text)"^^ . . . . . "018-ICEBM2012-K10001.pdf"^^ . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "An Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \r\nWatermelon in Iran (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #907 \n\nAn Econometric Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand for \nWatermelon in Iran\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "S Agriculture (General)"@en . .