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Policies Towards a Sustainable Use of Water in Spain
Fuentes, Andrés - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
, especially in agriculture, where much irrigation water generates little value-added. The government has subsidised the use of … more efficient irrigation technology at considerable budgetary cost, which has contributed to a modest reduction of water … use in irrigation in recent years. The participatory approach in water policy governance should be extended further to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833467
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Charting our water future: economic frameworks to inform decision-making
Group, 2030 Water Resources; [Colin Chartres is a … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907337
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The changing face of irrigation in Kenya: opportunities for anticipating changes in Eastern and Southern Africa
Blank, H. G.; Mutero, C. M.; Murray-Rust, H. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132032
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Irrigation against rural poverty: an overview of issues and pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia; Proceedings of National Workshops on Pro-Poor Interve...
Biltonen, Eric - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398463
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Water footprints: Path to enlightenment, or false trail?
Perry, Chris - In: Agricultural Water Management 134 (2014) C, pp. 119-125
Virtual water and water footprints have gained recognition as indicators to guide action on issues related to water scarcity. I argue that water footprints are fundamentally different from carbon footprints, as local reductions in carbon emissions have global benefits, while global attempts to...
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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Water Use: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Rehdanz, Katrin; Berrittella, Maria; S.J. Tol, Richard; … - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 631-655
We used the GTAP-W model - GTAP version 5 with water resources added - to estimate the impact of hypothetical Doha-like liberalization of agricultural trade on water use. Three conclusions emerge. First, the change in regional water use is less than 10 per cent relative to the baseline in 2010,...
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From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
van Koppen, B. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2000
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Food security for sub-Saharan Africa: does water scarcity limit the options?
Gowing, John W. - In: Land Use and Water Resources Research 3 (2003)
Future food security can be achieved only by delivering substantial increases in agricultural production, but this has important implications for water availability. Water scarcity is not currently a major issue in sub-Saharan Africa, but it would be a mistake to neglect this issue. It would be...
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