Examining the Socioeconomic Impacts of Irrigation in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey

• Main Authors: MIYATA, Sachiko, FUJII, Tomoki
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Household survey; GAP; Socioeconomic assessment; Turkey; Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/319; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1318/viewcontent/2007_AGWAT_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We explore the socioeconomic changes following implementation of an irrigation system in the Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey, and examines whether the improvement originally envisioned was achieved. We surveyed seven irrigated and eight non-irrigated villages in Sanliurfa Province, collecting se...