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This living lab develops further feasible economic instruments for sharing water in times of drought, the associated water governance structure, and the supporting technical tools to help local stakeholders to reach sustainable water use and good ecological status.
Two economic instruments will be studied:
- temporary water market to be implemented during droughts among irrigation water users
- payment for ecosystem services allowed to hay producers to maintain their practices.
An economic analysis of the territory will be carried out, and economic models for water users will be built to simulate the implementation of economic tools. A survey of drinking water price will be conducted to estimate whether water price level incites users to save water, which will be complemented with an estimation of the level of acceptance of an increase in water price to pay for ecosystem services.
Contact
- Marielle Montginoul, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, France, marielle.montginoul@inrae.fr