'The economy of the water for irrigation in Spain', the Cajamar Foundation, wins prize book Agrario of Eurofruit

The book 'The economy of the water for irrigation in Spain', edited by Cajamar Foundation, has won the 39th Edition of the award of the agrarian book, award organised by Fira de Lleida in the framework of the fair land of Sant Miquel-Eurofruit, and whose result was announced on September 16.

The 528-page book is divided into 24 chapters, with the participation of 49 researchers who develop their work in 16 different from 8 autonomous institutions. The work examines the evolution of the so-called economy of water during the 1998-2008, expanding the scope of the study to a series of perspective not previously raised on the economics of irrigation and providing innovative solutions.

The director of the service of studies of the Fundación Cajamar, David Uclés Aguilera, says that "this award is to strengthen the belief of the Foundation Cajamar and of its Research Department of the interest on the agri-food in this country." The prize is an incentive to continue in this line of specialization, in which were not expected results as soon. However, the strategy for publishing works of the Cajamar Foundation at prestigious competitions has the dual objective of launching our work at the national level, on the one hand, and position to the Foundation itself, both in the publishing sector and the agro-food research; "thus, in the coming months the agri-food sector awaits with interest our new publications in this area".

The jury of the 39th Edition of the award of the agrarian book has assessed that the book of the Cajamar Foundation analyze item carefully from a social and economic side without entering into controversies of other areas and that it constitutes a reflection objective on a major theme from the socio-economic point of viewintroducing also new and groundbreaking concepts such as the water footprint and virtual water

The economy of water for irrigation in Spain. A regional perspective.