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1 Morid, S.; Massah, A. R.; Alikhani, A.; Mohammadi, K. 2004. Maintaining sustainable agriculture under climate change: Zayandeh Rud Basin (Iran) In Aerts, J. C. J. H.; Droogers, Peter (Eds.), Climate change in contrasting river basins: Adaptation strategies for water, food and environment. Cambridge, MA, USA: CABI. pp.115-132.
River basins ; Climate change ; Sustainable agriculture ; Indicators ; Ecosystems ; Environmental effects / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Zayandeh Rud Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.2515 G000 AER Record No: H036673)
2 Morid, S.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Moghaddasi, M. 2006. Comparison of seven meteorological indices for drought monitoring in Iran. International Journal of Climatology, 26:971-985.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 551.5773 G690 MOR Record No: H039244)
3 Morid, S.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Bagherzadeh, K. 2007. Drought forecasting using artificial neural networks and time series of drought indices. International Journal of Climatology, 27:2103-2111.
Drought ; Forecasting ; Models ; Risk management ; Indicators ; Neural networks ; Time series / Iran / Tehran Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 551.5773 G690 MOR Record No: H040771)
4 Akhtari, R.; Morid, S.; Mahdian, M. H.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2009. Assessment of areal interpolation methods for spatial analysis of SPI and EDI drought indices. International Journal of Climatology, 29:135-145. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1691]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041789)
5 Delavar, M.; Morid, S.; Morid, R.; Farokhnia, A.; Babaeian, F.; Srinivasan, R.; Karimi, P. 2020. Basin-wide water accounting based on modified SWAT model and WA+ framework for better policy making. Journal of Hydrology, 585:124762. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124762]
Water accounting ; Soil water ; Models ; Policy making ; Evapotranspiration ; Water resources ; Water conservation ; Groundwater table ; Aquifers ; Water extraction ; Irrigation management ; Remote sensing ; Land use ; Indicators / Iran Islamic Republic / Tashk-Bakhtegan Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049675)
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Evaluation of water resources systems and implementation of appropriate management strategies requires accurate and well classified information describing supply, demand, and consumption. The WA+ water accounting framework is a relevant tool in this regard. Earlier applications of the WA+ framework draw heavily from remote sensing (RS) data; however, applying RS data limits the application of the framework to past and current situations. Such analyses are needed for future assessments due to new management and climate scenarios. Therefore, the objective of this research is to link WA+ with the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to enhance it and to evaluate water management strategies through an integrated framework. The resulting system, SWAT-FARS (customized version of SWAT model for Fars region) is capable of supporting macro and micro water planning through a systematic presentation of the past trends, current and future status in water supply and demand. To explore this methodology, the system was applied to the Tashk-Bakhtegan basin (Iran). The trends in supply and consumption within the basin and some of the water saving policies that are mandated by the country’s 6th development plan were evaluated. Application of SWAT-FARS to the Task-Bakhtegan basin showed decrease in “Manageable water” of about 23% and a simultaneous increase of “Incremental irrigation” of about 53%; this lack of accessible water and imbalance of manageable water and water usage has almost omitted the basin’s “Outflows”. To alleviate pressures on the basin’s water resources, a suggested elimination of rice cultivation and improving pressurized irrigation showed the first policy could reduce water consumption by 0.08 BCM/yr and the second one can even increase water consumption by 0.25 BCM/yr over current conditions. The methodology used to develop SWAT-FARS is strongly recommended for other regions suffering water scarcity.
6 Haghjoo, R.; Choobchian, S.; Morid, S.; Abbasi, E. 2022. Development and validation of management assessment tools considering water, food, and energy security nexus at the farm level. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 16:100206. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2022.100206]
Water security ; Energy resources ; Food security ; Nexus approaches ; Agricultural sector ; Energy consumption ; Indicators ; Sustainable development ; Renewable energy ; Irrigation / Iran Islamic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051568)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972722000381/pdfft?md5=4976e885eb2b2576e895338ee66b2588&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972722000381-main.pdf
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Given the role of the agricultural sector in consuming critical resources like water and energy, a balance should be achieved between the harvest and exploitation of these resources and the amount of agricultural produce by their proper management. Security measurement indicators are a criterion for managerial evaluating of farmers regarding water, food, and energy security nexus. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and validate a tool for managerial evaluating of farmers as the best local facilitators regarding the water, food, and energy security nexus in two phases. The geographical scope of the research is Iran. The first phase was related to reviewing the previous literature and extracting indicators for measuring water, food, and energy security, and the second phase focused on validation. The face and content validity of the questionnaire were conducted quantitatively and qualitatively by surveying subject matter experts and calculating CVR and CVI. The results identified 85 indicators for the managerial evaluation of farmers in three areas of water security (30 indicators), food security (37 indicators), and energy security (18 indicators). The use of soil moisture control, pressurized irrigation (access dimension), groundwater resources (availability dimension), and salinity-resistant cultivars (stability dimension) were significantly valid in measuring water security. Achieving product direct sale marketing (access dimension), using early yielding cultivars (availability dimension), and producing organic products in farms and orchards and attention to the calendar and planting time in the production process (dimension of stability) were the highly valid indicators in food safety assessment. Moreover, the most valid indicators in the field of energy security measurement were energy consumed to produce and transport the product (accessibility dimension), use of geothermal energy resources (availability dimension), and bioenergy production rate (stability dimension). Challenges to achieving water, food, and energy security at the farm level can be minimized using the extracted indicators and correct management principles obtained from reviewing the indicators. Therefore, researchers, planners, decision-makers, and executives in agriculture and horticulture are recommended to use these indicators approved by subject matter experts.
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