Análisis sobre el consumo de agua por el sector agrícola en México (2003-2015)

Abstract

Andrade-Servin, A.G., Guerrero-Garcia Rojas, H.R., Colin-Martinez, R. 2020. Econometric analysis of water availability for agricultural irrigation production in Mexico (2003-2015). Ecosistemas 29(2):1816. https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1816 From an econometric model with panel data, an assessment of agricultural irrigation production (ton) was made with respect to the volume of water used (millions of m3) in the Mexican territory, for 13 consecutive years (2003 to 2015). It should be noted that Mexico has 13 basin organizations, which behaved differently both in agricultural irrigation production and in the amount of water required to obtain agricultural production. The objective of this study was to analyze the behavior of the amount of water required to generate diversity of agricultural irrigation products in Mexico. From the panel data it was shown that agricultural irrigation production is determined by 94% by the availability of water. The percentage change in agricultural production with the use of water ranges from 47 to 60% for each unit of water destined for irrigation. This type of model allows analyzing that the quantity and diversity of agricultural products is closely linked to the availability of water in each basin organization. In addition, consider being more efficient in the use of water for irrigation of agricultural products, use the amount necessary for irrigation, improve irrigation systems to avoid wasting water resources, especially in the northern part of Mexico, with the North Pacific generating the greatest agricultural production and required more water resources.