Agricultural water management and governance face the challenge of integrating individual behaviors while building collective agreements among farmers, public administrations, and other social actors. This webinar brings together recent research on this topic, examining how behavioral factors influence the reconciliation of environmental and productive objectives in agriculture as well as the use of water-saving technologies. It also analyses the challenges involved in building effective systems of collective water governance across different European contexts. The session offers new empirical evidence and interdisciplinary perspectives on water, technology, and collective action, while also encouraging reflection on the development of research projects in these fields of knowledge.

Topics & Speakers:

Behavioral factors in AES uptake for water quality improvements
Kahsay Haile Zemo & Mette Termansen, University of Copenhagen.

Effects of Irrigation Technologies in Water Use: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Spanish Farmers
Juana Castro, ICTA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Reconciling Centralized Fertigation and Organic Farming in Spain: Assessment of Collective Strategies and Governance Dilemmas
Carles Sanchis-Ibor, CIRAM, Universitat Politècnica de València.

Strengthening collaboration in a non-collaborative environment: the case of sustainable water management communities in Hungary
Gabor Király, Institute of Agricultural Economics, AKI.

Groundwater governance for a healthy and just social-ecological system? The experience of two researchers who resisted the straitjacket of a European project
Marta Varanda & Marta Nieto, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa.

Format
Online Webinar, Thursday, May 28, 11:00–12:00 CET