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Sustainable water resources management under population growth and agricultural development in the Kheirabad River Basin, Iran

Layani, Ghasem; Bakhshoodeh, Mohammad; Zibaei, Mansour; … - In: Bio-based and applied economics 10 (2021) 4, pp. 305-323

In this study, an integrated system dynamics model was developed for scenario analysis in sub-sectors of the Kheirabad River Basin in southwestern Iran where managing water resources is seriously challenging due to population growth and periodic drought. Afterward, the variability of water...

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Water, sanitation and hygiene : the missing link with agriculture

Tsegai, Daniel; McBain, Florence; Tischbein, Bernhard - 2013

focused on assessing the cost and health effectiveness of such approaches. In parallel, irrigation in agriculture, which … also argue that (the prospect of) a holistic approach including WSH and agriculture sectors for a long term health and … nutrition impact should be explored. The paper reviews the body of literature dealing with WSH and irrigation agriculture …

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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement

Gerber, Nicolas; Braun, Joachim von; Usman, Muhammed Abdella - 2019

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure a matter of human right. This right is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal 6, whose targets 1 and 2 point to universal access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate...

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Water for food in Euphrates-Tigris river

Metwally, Abdelmoneim; Yasser, Mai M.; Ahmed, Merna - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 5, pp. 1-14

Water scarcity is an important threat to food security in the Euphrates-Tigris river. Water scarcity is a huge worldwide problem that results from the rapid increase in water demand, which exceeds the amount of available water. The most significant problems currently affecting countries are food...

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