Water footprint assessment within a catchment: A case study for Upper Tigris River Basin

Muratoğlu, Abdullah

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105467

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“…Muratoglu [29] analyzed the blue and green WF of the upper Tigris River basin in Turkey for the years 2010-2018, and found that the annual WF was 7.2 Gm 3 /yr corresponding 1748 m 3 /cap/yr, crop production has 79% of total WF, and wheat is responsible for 45% of water use of all crops.…”

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Assessment of Main Cereal Crop Trade Impacts on Water and Land Security in Iraq

2020

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Growing populations, socio-economic development, the pollution of rivers, and the withdrawal of fresh water are all signs of increasing water scarcity, and with 85% of global use, agriculture is the biggest freshwater user. The water footprint (WF) and virtual water (VW) are concepts used recently for freshwater resources assessment. The WF reflects how much, when and where the water was used whereas VW reveals the volume of water embedded in goods when traded. The first goal of this research is to determine the WF per ton and the WF of production (Mm3/yr) of wheat, barley, rice, and maize in Iraq. The second goal is estimating the quantities of the 4 main cereal crops imported into Iraq and assessing the impact on reducing WF and land savings for 10 years from 2007 to 2016. The results showed that the WF per ton was 1736, 1769, 3694, 2238 m3/ton and the WF of production was 5271, 1475, 997, 820 Mm3/yr for wheat, barley, rice, and maize, respectively. The median total VW imported was 4408 Mm3/yr, the largest volume was 3478 Mm3/yr from wheat, and Iraq saved about 2676 Mm3 of irrigated water and 1,239,539 M ha of land by importing crops every year during 2007–2016. The study revealed the significance of better irrigation management methods to decrease the WF through a selection of crops that need less water and cultivation in rain-fed areas, as well as the use of cereal import to conserve scarce water resources, which is crucial both in terms of water resource management and preservation of the environment. The results of this research could be used as a guideline for better water management practices in Iraq and can provide helpful data for both stakeholders and policymakers.

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Assessment of Main Cereal Crop Trade Impacts on Water and Land Security in Iraq

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“…In total, 26 out of these 28 provinces have an increase of less than 100 times for the WF output of the five major crops in the agricultural industry (Figure 8). In 2010, the top eight provinces with the highest WF outcomes in the agricultural industry were Qinghai, 149.78 CNY/m 3 ; Tibet, 26.33 CNY/m 3 ; Fujian, 18.32 CNY/m 3 ; Guangdong, 16.91 CNY/m 3 ; Zhejiang, 15.74 CNY/m 3 ; Hebei, 13.82 CNY/m 3 ; and Xinjiang, 11.50 CNY/m 3 . They are also major agricultural economy provinces, which makes the allocation efficiency analysis more convincing.…”

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“…In early WF studies, the main goal was to assess products' water trade on the global scale [11]. Later, the goal was the rigorous quantification of three components of specific crops in specific areas-for example, in a basin [13], in a city [12], in a province [14], or in a region [15][16][17]. Recent studies focused on WF assessment and similarities between the methodology and the employed tools have emerged.…”

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A Sustainability Assessment of Five Major Food Crops’ Water Footprints in China from 1978 to 2010

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Rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, and sorghum are the five major crops in China, which account for 92% of the country’s total grain production and 33% of its water consumption. Combining water footprint analysis tools with sustainability assessment tools, the water sustainability of the five major crops can be analyzed. Based on ecological economics theory, this paper constructs a sustainability evaluation system of China’s five major crops’ water footprints and analyzes the national and provincial diversity of the sustainability of the five major crops’ water footprints using three dimensions: scale, distribution, and equity. We find that the interprovincial distribution equity sustainability divergence is the key bottleneck factor that restricts sustainability (more than scale and configuration). One key strategy is to arrange grain production at the national level, on the basis of considering the differences of water-resource endowment between different provinces to break through the bottleneck of the water-resource distribution sustainability of these five major food crops. This paper determines a general management model that can improve the sustainability of water resource management at the interprovincial level by comparing and analyzing the most sustainable and least sustainable provinces for the water footprint production of these five major crops.

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“…To date, the increasing pollutant contamination at their water resources and the development of suitable management plan were presented in various countries. The number of global standards is quite limited in order of providing better comparison of different regions of the world [9]. Mekonnen and Hoekstra [10] recommended that the water footprint is the principle measurement for assessing the level of human appropriation of water resources.…”

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“…Mekonnen and Hoekstra [10] recommended that the water footprint is the principle measurement for assessing the level of human appropriation of water resources. The total volumes of fresh water consumption and contamination were presented by producers and consumers from both direct and indirect ways throughout supply chain [9]- [11]. This measurement will be performed as a volumetric amount of water, without considering water use impacts on the region, and therefore this paper showed a water footprint inventory analysis [12].…”

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Water Footprint Assessment of Thai Banana Production

Rattanapan¹,

Ounsaneha²

2021

IJESD

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The aim of this research was to assess the water footprint level of Thai banana production. Firstly, the water consumption inventory of banana production was developed. The water consumptions in the banana farms and a case study of banana industry were collected based on the inventory. The results showed that the water consumption of banana plantation was 842.02 m3 including 443.50 m3 of green water, 398.52 m3 of blue water and not found grey water. Moreover, 1638.59 m3/rai was found in the one rai of banana plantation consisted of 863.06 m3/rai of green water and 775.53 m3/rai of blue water. From the finding of this study, the reduction approach of water footprint for banana production should be the reduction of watering the plant in the process of banana growing.

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Water footprint assessment within a catchment: A case study for Upper Tigris River Basin

Cited by 50 publications

References 44 publications

Assessment of Main Cereal Crop Trade Impacts on Water and Land Security in Iraq

Assessment of Main Cereal Crop Trade Impacts on Water and Land Security in Iraq

A Sustainability Assessment of Five Major Food Crops’ Water Footprints in China from 1978 to 2010

Water Footprint Assessment of Thai Banana Production

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