We also need to have patience. It takes time because it's highly dependent on the baseline price that we pay. The reason farmers don't respond right away if you introduce a price on water is that they hardly pay for it. If they already pay a very high price and then you start increasing the price, they will feel it more and more, so they will start reducing their water use or invest in more efficient irrigation—
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