Study on agricultural compensation mechanism based on river flow protection for basic ecological demand in irrigation district
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2019.01.07
Key Words: river flow protection for basic ecological demand  irrigation district agriculture  ecological compensation mechanism  Baoji section of the Weihe River
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ZHANG Qian State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China 
LI Huai-en State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China 
GAO Zhi-yue State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China
Upstream Hydrology and Water Resources Bureau, Yellow River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China 
CHENG Bo State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China 
JIA Bin-kai State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China 
DANG Fei State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China 
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Abstract:
      Due to the shortage of water for agricultural irrigation in non-flood seasons caused by river flow protection for basic ecological demand, we quantitatively studied the direct economic losses and indirect social impacts on agricultural production in the irrigation district, and also investigated responsible body, object, quota,standard, and means of the compensation in order to establish rational ecological compensation mechanism. The Baoji section of the Weihe river was taken as an example. The results showed that the agricultural losses including agricultural production losses and social security and stability impacts in the irrigation district due to the ecological basic flow protection can be considered as an ecological compensation. The main body for providing compensation were Shaanxi provincial government, Baoji and Xianyang municipal governments. The receivers of the compensation were farmers impacted in the irrigation district. The compensation standard based on the total losses of irrigation district was between 3.93 and 9.94 yuan·m-3 water. In order to promote the sustainable development in the irrigation district, three types of compensation methods, cash compensation, policy compensation, and project compensation, were established.The specific practice were carried out by establishing agricultural ecological compensation funds, giving preferential agricultural policy,and increasing the investment in irrigation infrastructure and water conservancy facilities, etc.