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Table 5 Water rights status per irrigation category

From: Production risk and adoption of irrigation technology: evidence from small-scale farmers in Chile

Water source

Registered in Real State Registrar or in the public land registry of the General Bureau of water

Rented

Title in process of regularization

Use de facto

Modern (%)

Traditional (%)

Non-irrigated (%)

Modern (%)

Traditional (%)

Non-irrigated (%)

Modern (%)

Traditional (%)

Non-irrigated (%)

Modern (%)

Traditional (%)

Non-irrigated (%)

Well

47.1

38.1

12.3

0.0

2.9

0.0

5.9

10.5

14.0

47.1

42.9

71.9

Spring

12.5

39.8

3.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

6.3

2.5

0.0

81.3

55.1

93.9

River

64.0

82.7

21.1

0.0

5.9

0.0

4.0

1.0

0.0

32.0

10.1

73.7

Stream

50.0

40.8

10.0

0.0

1.6

3.3

25.0

1.6

20.0

25.0

54.3

60.0

Seasonal reservoir

100.0

57.9

0.0

0.0

21.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

21.1

0.0

Yearly reservoir

50.0

75.8

0.0

50.0

8.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

14.5

0.0

Lake

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Lagoon

100.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

20.0

45.1

0.0

0.0

4.3

0.0

0.0

4.3

0.0

60.0

35.5

75.0

Total

45.4

64.7

10.2

1.3

4.7

0.7

6.7

2.2

9.5

45.3

26.4

74.8

  1. Source: Own elaboration based on Censual data, 2007