Table 3.
Cluster characterization of agriculture exploitations.
| Variable | Description | Cluster 1 Lower Use of Desalinated Seawater |
Cluster 2 Higher Use of Desalinated Seawater |
|---|---|---|---|
| V1 | Farmer’s academic level | Upper secondary school | Upper secondary school/university |
| V2 | Contracted insurance | 2.0% | 45.9% |
| V5 | Irrigation technological level | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| V7 | Rainwater collection system | 2.0% | 62.3% |
| V8 | Crop diversity | Tomato or mixture | Pepper or mixture |
| V10 | Number of available water resources | 2 | 3 |
| V11 | Aquifer water conductivity level (dS/m) | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| V12 | Percentage of desalinated seawater use | 30.2% | 70.1% |
| V13 | Percentage of rainwater use | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| V14 | Setting back a fertilizing layer on soil | Banding strips, 3–4 years | The whole surface, 3–4 years. |
| V15 | Reduce water extractions | Completely disagree | 95.1% stated “Generally agree or completely agree” |
| V16 | Increase well water price | Completely disagree | 91.8% stated “Generally agree or completely agree” |
| V18 | Close illegal wells | Completely disagree | 96.7% stated “Generally agree or completely agree” |
| V19 | Establish the compulsory consumption of desalinated seawater | 4.1% stated “Agree” | 34.4% stated “Generally agree or completely agree” |
| Total exploitations 110 | 49 | 61 |