Strong trade-offs characterise water-energy-food related sustainable development goals in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna River basin

Siderius, Christian; Walsum, Paul van; Biemans, Hester

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac94e9

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“…In India's cereal producing regions, policy scenario development showed that energy pricing tools could reduce agricultural demand for water with minimal impacts on production, resulting in the same outcomes as water withdrawal quotas by the year 2050 (Singh et al 2023). However, in the stressed Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin, emphasizing sustainable development goals related to agricultural profitability over those related to food production goals would reduce the number of people fed by an estimated two-thirds (Siderius et al 2022).…”

Section: Governance and Policy For Water-limited Agricultural Regionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Focus on the future of water-limited agricultural landscapes

Peterson,

Davis,

E Dybala

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Water scarcity and related climate volatility are growing constraints on agricultural production landscapes around the world. While the adaptation options available are often dictated by system context, in many places broad-scale transformations are occurring in response to water-related pressures. We sought contributions from across regions, agricultural system types, and scientific disciplines to examine agricultural land use transitions driven by water scarcity , including the tradeoffs associated with alternative land uses; impacts on food production, environment, and society; innovations that can buffer risk; and considerations for planning and implementation. The research presented in this collection highlights the spectrum of policy and practice changes that are needed to facilitate beneficial land use transitions and system transformations, from quantifying risks, to evaluating multidimensional tradeoffs, to developing socio-technical policy bundles to maximize co-benefits.

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Section: Governance and Policy For Water-limited Agricultural Regionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Focus on the future of water-limited agricultural landscapes

Peterson,

Davis,

E Dybala

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…However, most existing studies have failed to consider carbon emissions from food production and the effects of agroecosystem carbon sinks on the allocation of water and land resources. Under the premise of considering carbon emissions, researchers have begun to search for optimal water and land resource allocation strategies for sustainable agricultural development from a water-energy-foodcarbon nexus perspective, i.e., in the Yellow River Basin [84] and on the Indo-Gangetic Plain [75,153]. An agricultural high-quality development program is committed not only to achieving high resource utilization efficiency and economic benefits but also to achieving low-carbon emissions and a low risk to human health.…”

Section: Wlfc Collaborative Management In Large Global River Basinsmentioning

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Review of the Water–Land–Food–Carbon Nexus Focused on Regional Low-Carbon and High-Quality Agricultural Development

Deng,

Xu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Water

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To overcome the multiple challenges of water scarcity, agricultural land conversion, food security, and carbon emissions, an optimal collaborative management scheme for food production is urgently needed, especially in high food-production and food-consumption countries such as China. The water–land–food–carbon (WLFC) nexus provides a new perspective, but its interactions are complex, dynamic, and spatially heterogeneous; the coupling mechanism is not fully understood; and the driving forces and regulation strategies remain uncertain. Therefore, in this study, the WLFC nexus centered on low-carbon and high-quality agricultural development was systematically reviewed. The main contributions are as follows: (1) A framework of the regional agricultural WLFC nexus was proposed based on bibliographic analysis. (2) The main internal and external factors influencing the WLFC nexus in agriculture were identified by reevaluating meta-analysis review studies. The results showed that changes in the amount and type of irrigation water, the amount and planting activities of agricultural land, and climate change (temperature, precipitation, and CO2 concentration) affected food (rice, wheat, and maize) yields and carbon emissions to varying degrees. Moreover, population, technological innovation, trade, and polices were important external factors impacting food production and carbon emissions. (3) The common methods and tools for assessing, simulating, and optimizing the WLFC nexus in agriculture were summarized from the perspectives of its status, physical links, and embodied links. Integrated indices, complex system thinking, and process-based and data-driven methods were applied in the studies of the WLFC nexus. (4) Strategies and programs for collaborative WLFC management in agriculture within 10 global river basins were compiled. These findings could help us better understand the WLFC nexus in agriculture and identify the optimal cooperative management scheme, thereby realizing low-carbon and high-quality agricultural development.

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“…Our approach can moreover be applied for other regions where water and food security strongly interlink with climatic and socioeconomic changes. Contextually similar complex river basins where irrigation plays a strong role, such as the Nile, Ganges and Mekong (Johnston & Smakhtin, 2014;Siderius et al, 2022), may be of particular interest.…”

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Thirst for food security : drivers, trade-offs and integrated adaptation strategies for future water and food security in the Indus basin

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Food self-sufficiency and sustainable water management are irreconcilable in the Indus basin if the population continuous to grow. (this thesis) 2. In the long run, water security is a more fundamental concern than food security. (this thesis) 3. The outcomes of explorative modelling studies are meaningful only when the link to the assumptions made to obtain them is clear. 4. The societal value of scenario-based adaptation studies has a short expiration date. 5. Teaching and supervising students make for a better PhD experience. 6. The most important skill for doing a PhD is to be pragmatic.

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Strong trade-offs characterise water-energy-food related sustainable development goals in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna River basin

Cited by 14 publications

References 48 publications

Focus on the future of water-limited agricultural landscapes

Focus on the future of water-limited agricultural landscapes

Review of the Water–Land–Food–Carbon Nexus Focused on Regional Low-Carbon and High-Quality Agricultural Development

Thirst for food security : drivers, trade-offs and integrated adaptation strategies for future water and food security in the Indus basin

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