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Irrigated agriculture is the main source of water withdrawals, accounting for around 70% of all the world's freshwater withdrawals. The development of irrigated agriculture has boosted agricultural yields and contributed to price stability, making it possible to feed the world's growing...
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In the Middle East and North Africa, food security and water security are tightly entwined. In particular, choices about the extent to which food security policies rely on trade rather than domestically produced staples have stark consequences for the region's limited water resources. This paper...
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In the Middle East and North Africa, food security and water security are tightly entwined. In particular, choices about the extent to which food security policies rely on trade rather than domestically produced staples have stark consequences for the region's limited water resources. This paper...
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We characterize the domestic production and imports of food by a country under two scenarios, namely: food security and welfare maximization, in a model with an exogenously given probability of occurrence of an embargo or other sources of supply disruption on the international grain market,...
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Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies : The Water Challenge / M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K Sivamohan and Nitin Bassi -- Key Issues in Indian Irrigation / M. Dinesh Kumar, A. Narayanamoorthy and M.V.K. Sivamohan -- Food Security Challenges in India : Exploring the Nexus...
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1. Food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies : the water challenge / M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K Sivamohan and Nitin Bassi -- 2. Key issues in Indian irrigation / M. Dinesh Kumar, A. Narayanamoorthy and M.V.K. Sivamohan -- 3. Food security challenges in India : exploring the...
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