Determination of socio-economic effects of pressurized pipe irrigation system in rural settlements

The aim of this study is to determine the socio-economic effects of closed system irrigation investments in the example of Üzümlübel and İncirdere villages of Bucak District of Burdur Province. In this context, farmers living in Üzümlübel and İncirdere villages located in the Bucak Irrigation Union irrigation area and who are members of the irrigation union were determined as the interest groups of the study. Data were collected from these interest groups by survey method. According to the results of the study; It was observed that water was used efficiently and economically with the installation of pre-loaded irrigation meters and volume-based pricing in the closed irrigation system irrigation areas built by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works and put into operation in the region, farmers made changes in the product pattern as a result of irrigation investment, migration decreased due to the decrease in population rate, and the economic return of animal husbandry increased with the increase in the cultivation of forage plants for animal husbandry. As a result, it was determined that the socio-economic contribution of irrigation investments to rural settlements was high.