Agricultural Water Price Sharing

Quantitative research on the scale of agricultural water price sharing can enrich the theoretical research system of agricultural water price, which is highly important for guaranteeing the benign operation of irrigation areas and promoting the high-quality sustainable development of agriculture. This paper takes Xianyang city as the research area, analyzes agricultural irrigation benefits from the perspective of agricultural irrigation water utilization, defines the main body of agricultural water price sharing, constructs a value accounting model of agricultural irrigation benefits via the value quantity assessment method, explores the quantitative method of agricultural water price sharing on the basis of this method, and establishes an agricultural water price sharing model. The model is applied to Baoji Gorge Irrigation District in Xianyang city, and combined with the current agricultural water price in the irrigation district, the agricultural water price shared by farmers growing different crops in the irrigation district and the governments at all levels is obtained. The results show that the sharing coefficient of farmers who plant grain and oil crops is 0.24, the sharing price of water is 0.314 yuan/m³, the sharing coefficient of farmers who cultivate cash crops is 0.41, and the sharing price of water is 0.535 yuan/m³; the central government's sharing coefficient is 0.09, the sharing price of water is 0.116 yuan/m³, the sharing coefficient of the local government is 0.26, and the sharing price of water is 0.347 yuan/m³. The results of this study can be combined with the actual situation to provide a scientific basis for the rational development of agricultural water prices in the study area and promote the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices in the study area.