Valuation of Groundwater Resources in Agricultural uses: Bijar,Iran

The agricultural sector is of particular importance in the city of Bijar. Thus, the economic value perunit of water applid to the side effects of excessive groundwater resources in this area has a utmostimportance. Payment for estimation of water on a suitable production function was estimated revenueproducers. Therefore in this study to estimate the economic value of water resources in agriculture,contingent valuation method (CVM) was used. Due to the lack of a clear market for agricultural waterin and input results Hmchnn the willingness to pay for water used to estimate the share of incomeproducers Estimated production function properly .Required data from a random sample of 110farmers were included.Well as consumer surplus under normal and drought, respectively, 594/16 and3553/23 reduced to Rs. (It is worth noting that the figures and results, economic data in 1390 is).