@techreport{Penov2001irrigation,
abstract = {The amount of water used for irrigation has sharply declined during transition in Bulgaria.
Large sections of existing irrigation systems were abandoned, and the ones still in
use are barely maintained. Crops such as wheat and barley have replaced more waterintensive
crops, including vegetables, rice and maize. This problem has an impact on
the future development of agriculture and the allocation of the country's water resources.
The central argument is that land fragmentation in the wake of decollectivization
and restitution contributes to the irrigation systems' abandonment. This paper concentrates
on the institutional factors, but also considers additional factors, that may have
influenced the process; further, it examines the causes driving these changes and analyses
their effect on irrigation. It is based upon a review of relevant legislation, as well as
field work in 17 villages located in the Plovdiv region of Bulgaria. The paper concludes
that, in addition to changes in large-scale market forces and weakening of the state enforcement
mechanism, institutional settings have contributed to the decline of irrigation
in Bulgaria.},
author = {Ivan Penov},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Bew\"{a}sserung; \"{U}bergangswirtschaft; Bulgarien},
language = {eng},
number = {7},
title = {The use of irrigation water during transition in Bulgaria's Plovdiv region},
type = {CEESA discussion paper / Humboldt-Universit\"{a}t Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22289},
year = {2001}
}
