Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?

The increasing frequency and severity of droughts pose a serious threat to the functioning and sustainability of irrigation systems. Policymakers and practitioners have set forth high expectations that the modernization of irrigation systems would reduce agricultural water demand by increasing the e...

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Autores: Hoffmann, Patrick|||0000-0002-2001-8588, Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio|||0000-0002-5170-1718
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110320
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Palabra clave:Adaptation
Irrigation efficiency
Spain
Water governance
Water scarcity
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spelling Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?Evidence from a qualitative comparative analysisHoffmann, Patrick|||0000-0002-2001-8588Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio|||0000-0002-5170-1718AdaptationIrrigation efficiencySpainWater governanceWater scarcityThe increasing frequency and severity of droughts pose a serious threat to the functioning and sustainability of irrigation systems. Policymakers and practitioners have set forth high expectations that the modernization of irrigation systems would reduce agricultural water demand by increasing the efficiency of water application. How new technologies produce outcomes, however, is strongly interdependent with other variables relevant in the context of community-based irrigation management. Employing a qualitative comparative analysis, our study aims to uncover how modernization, in combination with other irrigation system characteristics, contributes to drought performance of irrigation management, as measured through the satisfaction of farmers with key community governance tasks during droughts. According to the results, micro-irrigation systems employ a relatively lower number of adaptation measures, the majority of which are supply-side oriented. Alternatively, furrow irrigation systems tend to rely on demand-side measures and depend more strongly on assembly participation when a relatively high number of measures are implemented. Our findings echo previous calls for renewed attention to solutions emerging from traditional irrigation systems and nuance irrigation modernization as the major solution to face droughts and water scarcity. The findings advocate for consideration of different responses of water user associations to drought for policy design. Moreover, efforts aimed at modernization should consider their effects on path dependencies, collective action dynamics, and environmental goals. 22026-01-0120262026-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/327895https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110320reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CNS2022–136063open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:uabarcelona_::beb0be9291f6404b1882e650b11589502026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
Evidence from a qualitative comparative analysis
title Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
spellingShingle Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
Hoffmann, Patrick|||0000-0002-2001-8588
Adaptation
Irrigation efficiency
Spain
Water governance
Water scarcity
title_short Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
title_full Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
title_fullStr Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
title_full_unstemmed Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
title_sort Does irrigation modernization enhance drought performance?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hoffmann, Patrick|||0000-0002-2001-8588
Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio|||0000-0002-5170-1718
author Hoffmann, Patrick|||0000-0002-2001-8588
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Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio|||0000-0002-5170-1718
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adaptation
Irrigation efficiency
Spain
Water governance
Water scarcity
topic Adaptation
Irrigation efficiency
Spain
Water governance
Water scarcity
description The increasing frequency and severity of droughts pose a serious threat to the functioning and sustainability of irrigation systems. Policymakers and practitioners have set forth high expectations that the modernization of irrigation systems would reduce agricultural water demand by increasing the efficiency of water application. How new technologies produce outcomes, however, is strongly interdependent with other variables relevant in the context of community-based irrigation management. Employing a qualitative comparative analysis, our study aims to uncover how modernization, in combination with other irrigation system characteristics, contributes to drought performance of irrigation management, as measured through the satisfaction of farmers with key community governance tasks during droughts. According to the results, micro-irrigation systems employ a relatively lower number of adaptation measures, the majority of which are supply-side oriented. Alternatively, furrow irrigation systems tend to rely on demand-side measures and depend more strongly on assembly participation when a relatively high number of measures are implemented. Our findings echo previous calls for renewed attention to solutions emerging from traditional irrigation systems and nuance irrigation modernization as the major solution to face droughts and water scarcity. The findings advocate for consideration of different responses of water user associations to drought for policy design. Moreover, efforts aimed at modernization should consider their effects on path dependencies, collective action dynamics, and environmental goals.
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