Water, Environmental and Agricultural Resources Economics (WEARE)

Associate Professor

Biography

Born in Córdoba (Spain), he obtained an Agricultural Engineering degree from the University of Córdoba (Spain) in 1994. In 1995, he was granted a scholarship by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food to pursue an MSc (1996-1997) and a PhD (2000) in the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics at the University of Reading, UK. During this period, he worked as a lecturer assistant in Microeconomics, Quantitative Methods, and Statistics. Between 2000 and 2021, he worked at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IFAPA, Spain) as a Researcher (2000-2007), Associate Professor (2007-2018), and Professor (2018-2021). During this time, he also served as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Córdoba and, since 2021, as an Associate Professor.

Research Interests

His research activities have focused mainly on:

• Policy analysis, mainly the impact of CAP reforms on Mediterranean agricultural sectors using multicriteria techniques and multivariate statistical modelling
• Environmental valuation, related to externalities analysis and landscape assessment
• Resource economics, focusing on agricultural water economics

He has coordinated 2 European Projects (FP6: ISSCRI2 and FP7: CLAIM) and 6 National Projects. His current research activity is framed within two National Proyects: FARMPERFORM (The green transition of agriculture: a microeconomic analysis to support policy decision-making, 2023-2027) and PAGOSER (Payments for Ecosystem Services based on Results: analysis of innovative designs in agro-environmental and climate policy).

Most relevant Peer-reviewed publications

2024

Martín-García, J., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2024). Conversion to organic farming: does it change the economic and environmental performance of fruit farms?. Ecological Economics 220:108178 doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108178

Talavera, M., Vela. M.D. and Arriaza, M. (2024). Experts’ opinion on the sustainable use of nematicides in Mediterranean intensive horticulture, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 22(1):1-7 doi: 10.5424/sjar/2024221-20568

2023

Martín-García, J., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2023). Conventional vs. organic olive farming: Which has a better economic performance? Agricultural and Food Economics 11(1): 1-27 doi: 10.1186/s40100-023-00292-5

2022

Arriaza, M., Salazar-Ordóñez, M. and Rodríguez-Entrena, M. (2022). Análisis del impacto multifacético de la componente monetaria en la elección de los aceites de oliva. ITEA 118(1):1-18 doi: 10.12706/itea.2021.015

2021

León, L., De la Rosa, R. and Arriaza, M. (2021). Prioritization of olive breeding objectives in Spain: analysis of a producers and researchers survey, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 19(4):1-8 doi: 10.5424/sjar/2021194-18203

Salazar-Ordóñez, M., Rodríguez-Entrena, M. and Arriaza, M. (2021). How do consumers respond to price gaps in private brand agrifood products? British Food Journal 123(11):3610-3623 doi: 10.1108/BFJ-12-2020-1155

Salgado, R., Salvatierra, J., Mitre, C., Prieto-Garra, D., Angella, G., Arriaza, M., and Mateos, L. (2021). Irrigation management transfer. The experience of the Rio Dulce scheme, Argentina, Irrigation and Drainage 70(4):845-860 doi: 10.1002/ird.2572

2020

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Guerrero-Baena, M.D. (2020). Building a composite indicator to measure environmental sustainability using alternative weighting methods, Sustainability 12(11):4398 doi: 10.3390/su12114398

2018

Salazar-Ordóñez, M., Schuberth, F., Cabrera, E.R., Arriaza, M. and Rodríguez-Entrena, M. (2018). The effects of person-related and environmental factors on consumers’ decision-making in agri-food markets: The case of olive oils, Food Research International 112:412-424 doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.06.031

Schaller, L., Targetti, S., Villanueva, A.J., Zasada, I., Kantelhardt, J., Arriaza, M., BAL, T., Fedrigotti, V.B., Giray, F.H., Häfner, K., Majewski, E., Malak-Rawlikowska, A., Nikolov, D., Paoli, J.C., Piorr, A., Rodríguez-Entrena, M., Ungaro, F., Verburg, P.H., Van Zanten, B. and Viaggi, D. (2018). Agricultural landscape, ecosystem services and regional competitiveness – Assessing drivers and mechanisms in nine European case study areas, Land Use Policy 76:735-745 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.001

2017

Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J., Rodríguez-Entrena, M., Arriaza, M., Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2017). Heterogeneity of farmers’ preferences towards agri-environmental schemes across different agricultural sub-systems, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60(4):684-707 doi: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1168289

Rodríguez-Entrena, M., Colombo, S., Arriaza, M.(2017). The landscape of olive groves as a driver of the rural economy, Land Use Policy 65:164-175 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.03.017

2016

Nekhay, O. and Arriaza, M. (2016). How attractive is upland olive groves landscape? Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and GIS in Southern Spain, Sustainability 8(11): 1160, 1-16 doi: 10.3390/su8111160

2015

Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J., Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Rodríguez-Entrena, M. (2015). Assessment of greening and collective participation in the context of agri-environmental schemes: The case of Andalusian irrigated olive groves, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 13(4):e0108 doi: 10.5424/sjar/2015134-7376

Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J., Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Rodríguez-Entrena, M. (2015). The design of agri-environmental schemes: Farmers’ preferences in southern Spain, Land Use Policy 46(1):142-154 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.02.009

Cabrera-Martínez, E., Arriaza, M. and Rodríguez-Entrena, M. (2015). Is the extra virgin olive oil market facing a process of differentiation? A hedonic approach to disentangle the effect of quality attributes, Grasas y Aceites 66(4):1-14 doi: 10.3989/gya.0253151

Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J., Targetti, S., Schaller, L., Arriaza, M., Kantelhardt, J., Rodríguez-Entrena, M., Bossi-Fedrigotti, V. and Viaggi, D. (2015). Assessing the role of economic actors in the production of private and public goods in three EU agricultural landscapes, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 58:1-26 doi: 10.1080/09640568.2014.1001022

2014 and previous

Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J., Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Nekhay, O. (2014). Analysing the provision of agricultural public goods: The case of irrigated olive groves in Southern Spain, Land Use Policy 38(1):300-313 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.11.018

Rodríguez-Entrena, M., Arriaza, M. and Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2014). Determining economic and social factors in the adoption of cover crops under mower control in olive groves, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 38(1):69-91 doi: 10.1080/21683565.2013.819478

Rodríguez-Entrena, M. and Arriaza, M. (2013). Adoption of conservation agriculture in olive groves: evidence from Southern Spain, Land Use Policy 34:294-300 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.002

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.J. (2013). Typifying irrigated areas to support policy design and implementation: The case of the Guadalquivir river basin, Irrigation and Drainage 62(3):322-329 doi: 10.1002/ird.1747

Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2013). What does society demand from rural areas? Evidences from southern Spain, New Medit. Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment 12(1), 2-12.

Gallego-Ayala, J., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2011). Irrigation water pricing instruments: A sustainability assessment, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 9(4):981-999 doi: 10.5424/sjar/20110904-449-10

Arriaza, M. and Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2011). Valoración social del carácter multifuncional de la agricultura andaluza, ITEA 107(2):102-125.

Arriaza, M. and Capellán, H. (2009). Effets de la réforme cotonnière en Espagne, Cahiers Agricultures 18(5):408-416 doi: 10.1684/agr.2009.0326

Nekhay, O., Arriaza, M. and Boerboom, L. (2009). Evaluation of erosion risk using Analytic Network Process and GIS: a case study from Spanish mountain olive plantations, Journal of Environmental Management 90(10):3091-3104 doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.04.022

Nekhay, O. and Arriaza, M. (2009). Restoration of abandoned agricultural lands toward umbrella species habitats, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 7(2):375-389

Nekhay, O., Arriaza, M. and Guzmán-Álvarez, J.R. (2009). Spatial analysis of the suitability of olive plantations for wildlife habitat restoration, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 65(1), 49-64 doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.07.012

Kallas, Z., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2008). Demand for non-commodity outputs from extensive agricultural systems, New Medit. Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment 7(1):4-13.

Kallas, Z., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Arriaza, M. (2007). Are citizens willing to pay for agricultural multifunctionality?, Agricultural Economics 36(3):405-419 doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00216.x

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Riesgo, L. and Arriaza, M. (2004). Multi-Criteria analysis of input use in agriculture, Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(3):541-564 doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2004.tb00114.x

Arriaza, M., Cañas Ortega, J.F., Cañas Madueño, J.A. and Ruiz, P. (2004). Assessing the visual quality of rural landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 69(1):115-125 doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.10.029

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Riesgo, L. (2003). An MCDM analysis of agricultural risk aversion, European Journal of Operational Research 151(3):569-585 doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00625-2

Arriaza, M. and Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2003). Comparative performance of selected mathematical programming models, Agricultural Systems 77(2):155-171 doi: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00107-5

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Arriaza, M. and Berbel, J. (2002). Conflicting implementation of agricultural and water policies in irrigated areas in the EU, Journal of Agricultural Economics 53(2):259-281
doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2002.tb00020.x

Arriaza, M., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Upton, M. (2002). Local water markets for irrigation in Southern Spain: A multicriteria approach, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46(1):21-43 doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.00165