The influence of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project on agricultural water use in the water-receiving areas
Based on the panel data of 31 provincial-level regions in China from 2004 to 2021,this paper constructs a Time-varying DID model from dual perspectives of scale and structure to examine the impact of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project(hereafter the Project)on agricultural water use in the water-receiving areas.The results show that:(1)The water supply of the project has reduced the scale and proportion of agricultural water use in the receiving ar-eas,and the mechanism analysis of the result is the reduction of the planting area and propor-tion of economic crops,and the increase of the proportion of grain crops.(2)Compared with the eastern route,the negative impact of the Project on the agricultural water use in the receiv-ing areas is more serious in the middle route areas.(3)There is an effect of"indirect return of agricultural water through water supply"of the Project,but at this stage it is neglected by the di-rect impact of the Project on agricultural water use in the water-receiving areas.Therefore,it is necessary to clearly understand the impact of the Project on the agricultural water use of the wa-ter-receiving areas from a strategic perspective,to strengthen the support of agricultural water use to ensure national food security,and to promote the high-quality development of follow-up projects of the Project.
South-to-North Water Diversion Projectproject's water supplyagricultural water useTime-varying DID model