Research on the Productive Investments and Bearing Capacity of Water Charge for Farmer Households in Guanzhong Irrigation District
关中灌区农户生产投资与水费承受力研究

By the continual six years(2000 to 2005) tracking of 800 fixed sampling farmers households,the questionnaire investigations in nine IDs in Guanzhong,Shaanxi were carried out.The results showed that yearly average agricultural investment was 4605.8yuan/hm2 free of agricultural taxes and 5313.0yuan/ha included taxes;the agricultural gross incomes increased from 9754.2 yuan/ha in 2000 to 17371.4 yuan/ha in 2005,an increase of 78.1% in six years;the agricultural net incomes increased from 4944.3 yuan/ha in 2000 to 11317.4 yuan/ha in 2005,with an increase rate exceeding one times in six years.The average yearly water charge in nine IDs from 2000 to 2005 was 854.9yuan/ha that accounted for 18.56% of the whole agricultural investment,also the yearly mean water charge has shown an increasing trend year after year from 2000 to 2005;the rates of water fee accounted agricultural investment,gross incomes,net incomes and the ratio of water charge per person accounted for whole net incomes per person,the cultivated area per person showed a decreasing trend year after year.Fanally,this study puts forward some opinions concerning the existing problems in agricultural production at present.