The economic impacts of water information systems: A systematic review

Jeuland, Marc; Hansen, Katy; Doherty, Hannah; Eastman, Lucas B.; Tchamkina, Mary

doi:10.1016/j.wre.2018.09.001

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Section: Trends On Ict Adoptionmentioning

confidence: 73%

“…The use of such technologies for water/irrigation management is considered one of the most promising applications, although their application is still predominantly pioneering. This might be confirmed by the growing body of articles published on the topic (Figure 1) and by the interest raised in the applied economic literature [4,15,20]. Notwithstanding the great interest shown by scientists for ICT, in many cases their impact is not well-defined and results of applied economic studies are extremely variable (Aker et al, 2016).…”

Section: Trends On Ict Adoptionmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Decision processes can now move from precautionary and inefficient choices forced by uncertainty, to decisions based on sound information. In this context, irrigation and water management are one of the key sectors where ICT-information would have the most important applications with the highest benefits [2,4]. Many ICT have been developed in irrigation and water management [4][5][6].…”

Section: Introduction and Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, irrigation and water management are one of the key sectors where ICT-information would have the most important applications with the highest benefits [2,4]. Many ICT have been developed in irrigation and water management [4][5][6]. This sector is more susceptible to uncertainties than others and ICT have a great potential to lower uncertainty and help facing the challenges posed by conflicting uses, water scarcity and extreme weather events [6][7][8][9].…”

Section: Introduction and Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the applied economics literature, there are several studies addressing the topic of ICT implementation in agriculture and water management [4,5,16]. The most important works in applied economics estimate the benefits of ICT implementation by defining the circumstances in which information has a value for a DM [17].…”

Section: Introduction and Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital Irrigated Agriculture: Towards a Framework for Comprehensive Analysis of Decision Processes under Uncertainty

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Several studies address the topic of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption in irrigated agriculture. Many of these studies testify on the growing importance of ICT in influencing the evolution of the sector, especially by bringing down information barriers. While the potentialities of such technologies are widely investigated and confirmed, there is still a gap in understanding and modeling decisions on ICT information implementation. This gap concerns, in particular, accounting for all the aspects of uncertainty which are mainly due to a lack of knowledge on the reliability of ICT and on the errors of ICT-information. Overall, such uncertainties might affect Decision Makers’ (DM’s) behavior and hamper ICT uptake. To support policy makers in the designing of uncertainty-management policies for the achievement of the benefits of a digital irrigated agriculture, we further investigated the topic of uncertainty modelling in ICT uptake decisions. To do so, we reviewed the economic literature on ambiguity, in the context of the wider literature on decision making under uncertainty in order to explore its potential for better modeling ICT uptake decisions. Findings from the discussed literature confirm the capabilities of this approach to yield a deeper understanding of decision processes when the reliability of ICT is unknown and provides better insights on how behavioral barriers to the achievement of potential ICT-benefits can be overcome. Policy implications to accompany the sector in the digitalization process include mainly: (a) defining new approaches for ICT-developers to tailor platforms to answer heterogeneous DMs’ needs; (b) establish uncertainty-management policies complementary to DM tools adoption.

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Section: Trends On Ict Adoptionmentioning

confidence: 73%