results show that irrigation has reduced drought-related yield losses by 31 ± 2\%; the largest reductions in food production …, irrigation effects, and socioeconomic factors in broad scales have not been well addressed. Considering both the probability of … drought occurrence and the consequential yield losses, here we propose an integrated approach for assessing past and future …

the average water rebound effect is 70.3%, implying that over two-thirds of the water savings from irrigation technology … due to the difference in water endowment and irrigation land availability. Our results indicate that irrigation technology …