Assessing the Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies: A Meta-Study of Global Research
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Why Irrigation?
1.2. Technology Adoption and Related Theories
1.3. Factors Affecting Irrigation Adoption
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.1.1. Literature Search Strategy
2.1.2. Selection of Case Studies
2.2. Data Analysis
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3. Results
3.1. Geographic Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies
3.2. Similarity of Irrigation Adoption Factors across Geographic Contexts
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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- A2 Shortlisted Case Studies
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Dataset Name | Description | Source |
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Global Administrative Areas (GADM) | A spatial database of the location of administrative areas of all countries, at all levels of sub-division. | GADM (2018–2022) [82] |
GLOBE Land Units (GLUs) | GLUs are equal-area hexagonal cells that cover the Earth’s land surface and are based on the geodesic Discrete Global Grid (DGG) system of Kevin Sahr (2003). | GLOBE (2012) |
Average Annual Precipitation | Average annual precipitation (mm/year) from 1950–1999. Native resolution is 30 arcminutes projected in Geographic Coordinate System WGS 1984. | Willmott & Matsuura (2001) [83] |
Percent Crop Area | Percent crop land cover area per grid cell derived from HYDE (History Database of the Global Environment) land cover data. Native resolution is 0.5° projected in Geographic Coordinate System WGS 1984. | Klein Goldewijk et al. (2011) [84] |
Market Access Index | Global grid of a normalized market access index based on travel time to cities with populations of at least 50,000 and 750,000. | Verburg et al. (2011) [85] |
Percent Area Equipped for Irrigation | Global map of irrigation areas showing the amount of area equipped for irrigation around the year 2000 in the percentage of the total area on a raster with a resolution of 5 min. | Siebert et al. (2005) [86] |
Variable Name | Description and Source | Filter(s) Applied |
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Olson Biomes | Terrestrial ecoregions of the world defined by climate, geology, and evolutionary history from Olson et al. (2001) [98] | Biomes—Boreal forests and Tundra removed. |
Average Annual Temperature | Average annual temperature (°C) from 1951–2002. Values range from −28 °C to 31 °C. See [97] for more details. | Values greater than 28.57 °C and less than −12.2058 °C removed. |
Average Annual Precipitation | Average annual precipitation (mm yr−1) from 1950–1999 [83]. Values range from 0–10,572 mm/year. | Values greater than 2948.79 mm/yr and less than 30.0 mm/yr removed. |
Population Density | Global model of population density from HYDE population model 2000 [84]. Values range from 0–62,018. | Values equal to ‘0’ removed. |
Percent Land Area | Percentage of land area contained within each GLU cell based on LandScan 2007 by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008). See [97] for details. Values range from 0–100% | Values less than 1 removed. |
Percent Crop Area | Percent crop land cover area per grid cell derived from HYDE land cover data (2000) [84]. Values range from 0–100% | Values equal to ‘0’ removed. |
Slope Suitability Class | Global grid of land suitability for agriculture based on combined slope constraints [99]. Total 8 classes. | Classes 7 and 8 corresponding to ‘Very Frequent Severe Constraints’ and ‘Unsuitable for Agriculture’, respectively, removed. |
Bins | Frequency | χ2 Statistic | p-Value * | Representedness Degree | ||
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Observed | Expected | r-Value ** | Representedness | |||
0.0–0.1 | 11469 | 20997 | 4951.870159 | 0.0 | −1 | Highly under |
0.1–1.0 | 3634 | 5705 | 524.5160253 | 4.41 × 10−116 | −1 | Highly under |
1.0–5.0 | 5375 | 4079 | 203.1462568 | 4.30 × 10−46 | 1 | Highly over |
5.0–10.0 | 3571 | 1769 | 654.2752213 | 2.63 × 10−144 | 1 | Highly over |
10.0–20.0 | 3875 | 1710 | 906.3700068 | 4.05 × 10−199 | 1 | Highly over |
20.0–35.0 | 3589 | 1236 | 1225.836112 | 1.48 × 10−268 | 1 | Highly over |
35.0–50.0 | 2482 | 719 | 1013.405549 | 2.19 × 10−222 | 1 | Highly over |
50.0–75.0 | 2536 | 694 | 1096.828508 | 1.62 × 10−240 | 1 | Highly over |
75.0–100 | 749 | 369 | 130.4361647 | 3.29 × 10−30 | 1 | Highly over |
Total Frequency | 37280 | 37280 | Dist.χ2= 24137.36522 | Dist. p-value = 0.0 | Diagnosis: Highly biased |
Bins | Frequency | χ2 Statistic | p-Value * | Representedness Degree | ||
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Observed | Expected | r-Value ** | Representedness | |||
0.0–0.1 | 6219 | 15900 | 5962.41 | 0.0 | −1 | Highly under |
0.1–0.2 | 4595 | 5556 | 104.6993983 | 1.42 × 10−24 | −1 | Highly under |
0.2–0.3 | 5366 | 3863 | 278.0312679 | 2.02 × 10−62 | 1 | Highly over |
0.3–0.4 | 6522 | 3245 | 1259.874418 | 5.93 × 10−276 | 1 | Highly over |
0.4–0.5 | 6063 | 2856 | 1304.727198 | 1.06 × 10−285 | 1 | Highly over |
0.5–0.6 | 3990 | 2551 | 345.7343162 | 3.60 × 10−77 | 1 | Highly over |
0.6–0.7 | 2870 | 1954 | 185.2504582 | 3.46 × 10−42 | 1 | Highly over |
0.7–0.8 | 2002 | 1319 | 146.4197305 | 1.05 × 10−33 | 1 | Highly over |
0.8–0.9 | 203 | 416 | 73.20047746 | 1.17 × 10−17 | −1 | Highly under |
0.9–1.0 | 372 | 543 | 31.96753669 | 1.57 × 10−08 | −1 | Highly under |
Total Frequency | 38202 | 38202 | Dist.χ2= 15313.11155 | Dist. p-value = 0.0 | Diagnosis: Highly biased |
Bins | Frequency | χ2 Statistic | p-Value * | Representedness Degree | ||
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Observed | Expected | r-Value ** | Representedness | |||
0.0–0.1 | 10902 | 20736 | 5215.919285 | 0.0 | −1 | Highly under |
0.1–0.2 | 4340 | 3907 | 25.36746844 | 4.74 × 10−07 | 1 | Highly over |
0.2–0.3 | 4618 | 3186 | 292.2496414 | 1.61 × 10−65 | 1 | Highly over |
0.3–0.4 | 4448 | 2677 | 484.9267588 | 1.81 × 10−107 | 1 | Highly over |
0.4–0.5 | 3919 | 2075 | 614.9158442 | 9.54 × 10−136 | 1 | Highly over |
0.5–0.6 | 3187 | 1481 | 663.2799333 | 2.89 × 10−146 | 1 | Highly over |
0.6–0.7 | 2398 | 1335 | 317.6479106 | 4.71 × 10−71 | 1 | Highly over |
0.7–0.8 | 2228 | 1172 | 342.6063765 | 1.73 × 10−76 | 1 | Highly over |
0.8–0.9 | 1503 | 994 | 106.8413592 | 4.82 × 10−25 | 1 | Highly over |
0.9–1.0 | 659 | 640 | 0.253736593 | 0.61 | 0.4 | Well-represented |
Total Frequency | 38202 | 38202 | Dist.χ2 = 12191.37033 | Dist. p-value = 0.0 | Diagnosis: Highly biased |
Bins | Frequency | χ2 Statistic | p-Value * | Representedness Degree | ||
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Observed | Expected | r-Value ** | Representedness | |||
30–287 | 1680 | 3293 | 558.91 | 1.45 × 10−123 | −1 | Highly under |
287–463 | 3449 | 5289 | 437.02 | 4.83 × 10−97 | −1 | Highly under |
463–584 | 6537 | 4397 | 488.33 | 3.28 × 10−108 | 1 | Highly over |
584–666 | 3444 | 2457 | 178.54 | 1.01 × 10−40 | 1 | Highly over |
666–786 | 3819 | 2999 | 108.02 | 2.66 × 10−25 | 1 | Highly over |
786–962 | 6864 | 3658 | 1132.16 | 3.39 × 10−248 | 1 | Highly over |
962–1219 | 6137 | 4917 | 157.17 | 4.71 × 10−36 | 1 | Highly over |
1219–1595 | 5319 | 5660 | 12.30 | 4.54 × 10−04 | −1 | Highly under |
1595–2145 | 835 | 3261 | 1517.03 | 0.0 | −1 | Highly under |
2145–2949 | 118 | 2270 | 2000.03 | 0.0 | −1 | Highly under |
Total Frequency | 38202 | 38202 | Dist.χ2= 10070.33756 | Dist. p-value = 0.0 | Diagnosis: Highly biased |
Percentage of Irrigation | No. of Cases | Degree of Representedness |
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0.0–0.1 | 4 | Highly under |
0.1–1.0 | 14 | Highly under |
1.0–5.0 | 7 | Highly over |
5.0–10.0 | 9 | Highly over |
10.0–20.0 | 6 | Highly over |
20.0–35.0 | 7 | Highly over |
35.0–50.0 | 2 | Highly over |
50.0–75.0 | 4 | Highly over |
Study Sites | Asia (n = 20) | Africa (n = 20) | Australia (n = 1) | Europe (n = 2) | Latin America (n = 6) | North America (n = 2) | Near East (n = 2) | All Cases (n = 53) | |
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Factors | |||||||||
SINGLE-FACTOR | |||||||||
B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
TWO FACTORS | |||||||||
B, I | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, S | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
B, D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
THREE FACTORS | |||||||||
D, S, T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, D, G | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
I, S, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
B, D, F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, F, S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
B, D, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
B, S, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, G, S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, D, S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
FOUR FACTORS | |||||||||
B, D, F, S | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
B, D, F, G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, D, I, S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
D, G, I, S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, G, S, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, F, G, S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, F, I, S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, F, S, T | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
B, D, G, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D, F, G, S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
FIVE FACTORS | |||||||||
B, D, G, I, S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, D, F, I, S | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
B, D, F, G, S | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
B, D, G, S, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, F, G, I, S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
B, D, F, G, T | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SIX FACTORS | |||||||||
B, D, F, G, I, S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
TOTAL CASES | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 53 |
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Pathak, R.; Magliocca, N.R. Assessing the Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies: A Meta-Study of Global Research. Agriculture 2022, 12, 2105. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122105
Pathak R, Magliocca NR. Assessing the Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies: A Meta-Study of Global Research. Agriculture. 2022; 12(12):2105. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122105
Chicago/Turabian StylePathak, Ruchie, and Nicholas R. Magliocca. 2022. "Assessing the Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies: A Meta-Study of Global Research" Agriculture 12, no. 12: 2105. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122105