@article{Galioto:207846,
      recid = {207846},
      author = {Galioto, Francesco and Cuming, David and Raggi, Meri and  Viaggi, Davide},
      title = {Drivers and Barriers Over the Adoption of Precision  Irrigation in Europe},
      address = {2015-06},
      number = {1054-2016-85981},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {In	 European	agriculture,	 the	 changing	environmental	  and	 institutional	 context	 is setting the	 path	 for	  the	
development	 of	 new	 technologies	 and	 relevant  patterns of	 diffusion.	 This	 is particularly	 the	 case  for
irrigation	practices. The present	study	explores  new	frontiers	for	optimizing	the	use	of	water	resources	in
agriculture  through	 “Precision	 Irrigation”	 (PI). The	main	 purpose	  of	 the	 study	 is	 to	 develop	 a	 theoretical	
framework	  to	 assess	 the	 adoption	 of	 PI. This	 framework	 has	  been	 validated and	 integrated	 through	  a	
Delphi	study	involving	a	structured	group	of	experts.	The	experts  provided insights	into where	and	when	PI	
can	 be	  considered	 a	 promising	 innovation and	 regarding the  actions that should	 be	 undertaken	  to	
overcome	barriers	to	its	diffusion. Thereafter, a  methodology	was  designed	in	light	of	the	economic	theory	
of	information.	An	empirical	example	is	offered	to	illustrate	the	circumstances	in	which	the	adoption	of	PI	is	
more	  likely	 to	 be	 of	 benefit according	 to	 crop	 growth	  and	 soil	 water	 balance	 model rules.	 The	  paper	
concludes	with	a	discussion	of the extent	to  which	PI	can	be	considered an	instrument	capable	of  meeting
the	main	concerns  addressed	by	the	WFD	and	the	new	CAP	reform.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207846},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.207846},
}