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1 Heilig, G. K. 1999. China food: can China feed itself? Luxenburg, Austria: IIASA. 1 cd.
Food production ; Statistics ; Arable land ; Population ; Food security ; Water scarcity ; Remote sensing ; Maps / China
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: CD Col Record No: H024791)
Does China have enough arable land and water to feed its population in 2025? How serious is the soil degradation? Will there be a further increase in meat consumption? Is cropland declining due to construction activities? Will China import large amounts of cereals and destabilize world grain markets? The ChinaFood CD-ROM discusses and answers these and other questions related to China's food prospects. The analyses are embedded into a hyperlink document together with hundreds of related tables, charts, maps, and remote-sensing images. Also included are a large number of links to Chines-related internet resources.
2 Fischer, G.; Hizsnyik, E.; Prieler, S.; Shah, M.; van Velthuizen, H. 2009. Biofuels and food security: implications of an accelerated biofuels production - Summary of the OFID study prepared by IIASA. Vienna, Austria: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). 40p. (OFID Pamphlet Series 38)
Biofuels ; Food security ; Models ; Hunger ; Rural development ; Climate change ; Technology ; Arable land ; Land use ; Cereals ; Deforestation ; Biodiversity ; Economic aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G000 FIS Record No: H043833)
http://www.ofid.org/publications/PDF/pamphlet/ofid_pam38_Biofuels.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043833.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043833.pdf
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3 Chartres, Colin. 2012. Water and food security: integrated scientific and governance based solutions. In van den Brink, A.; de Haas, W.; Beek, K. J.; Frikkee, D. (Eds.). Globalisation and landscape change: report of the 60th Jubilee Conference of the Land and Water Network, Wageningen, Netherlands, 18 May 2011. Wageningen, Netherlands: Land and Water Network; Wageningen, Netherlands: KLV Wageningen Alumni Network. pp.19-29.
Water management ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Water requirements ; Food security ; Food production ; Population growth ; Arable land / Europe / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043975)
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4 Wichelns, D. 2014. Virtual water and water footprints. In Lautze, Jonathan (Ed.). Key concepts in water resource management: a review and critical evaluation. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.75-90. (Earthscan Water Text)
Virtual water ; Water footprint ; Water conservation ; Arable land ; International trade ; Living standards ; Ecological factors ; Carbon
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 LAU, e-copy SF Record No: H046520)
5 Eguchi, S. 2011. Nitrogen accumulation in soil and ground water systems in Japan. Taipei, Taiwan: Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC). 12p. (FFTC Technical Bulletin 189)
Nitrogen ; Surface water ; Groundwater pollution ; Water quality ; Soil quality ; Monitoring ; Denitrification ; Fertilizers ; Arable land ; Soils ; Environmental effects / Japan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8153 Record No: H046702)
http://www.agnet.org/library.php?func=view&id=20131122101037
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046702.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046702.pdf
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6 Nhemachena, Charles; Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso. 2017. Agricultural growth trends and outlook for Lesotho. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 30p. (ReSAKSS-SA Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2016)
Agricultural development ; Agricultural sector ; Performance evaluation ; Agricultural production ; Agricultural productivity ; Environmental effects ; Climate change ; Socioeconomic environment ; Living standards ; Poverty ; Equity ; Economic indicators ; Gross national product ; Agricultural trade ; Expenditure ; Agroecological zones ; Soils ; Arable land ; Development programmes / Southern Africa / Lesotho
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048751)
http://resakss.org/sites/default/files/ReSAKSS-SA%20-%20ATOR%20-%202016%20-%20high%20res%20with%20crop%20marks%20%28002%29.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048751.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048751.pdf
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7 Gomez-Zavaglia, A.; Mejuto, J. C.; Simal-Gandara, J. 2020. Mitigation of emerging implications of climate change on food production systems. Food Research International, 134:109256. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109256]
Food production ; Climate change mitigation ; Food security ; Risk assessment ; Strategies ; Crops ; Yields ; Planting ; Harvesting ; Irrigation ; Arable land ; Pests ; Livestock ; Aquaculture ; Fisheries ; Emission reduction ; Public health ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049677)
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Crops, livestock and seafood are major contributors to global economy. Agriculture and fisheries are especially dependent on climate. Thus, elevated temperatures and carbon dioxide levels can have large impacts on appropriate nutrient levels, soil moisture, water availability and various other critical performance conditions. Changes in drought and flood frequency and severity can pose severe challenges to farmers and threaten food safety. In addition, increasingly warmer water temperatures are likely to shift the habitat ranges of many fish and shellfish species, ultimately disrupting ecosystems. In general, climate change will probably have negative implications for farming, animal husbandry and fishing. The effects of climate change must be taken into account as a key aspect along with other evolving factors with a potential impact on agricultural production, such as changes in agricultural practices and technology; all of them with a serious impact on food availability and price. This review is intended to provide critical and timely information on climate change and its implications in the food production/consumption system, paying special attention to the available mitigation strategies.
8 Afkhami, M.; Bassetti, T.; Ghoddusi, H.; Pavesi, F. 2022. Virtual water and the inequality in water content of consumption. Environment and Development Economics, 27(5):470-490. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X21000401]
Virtual water ; International trade ; Water content ; Water use ; Natural resources ; Policies ; Arable land ; Human capital ; Models ; Freshwater
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051349)
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We present evidence that international trade may exacerbate the initial unequal distribution of hydric resources. This result is driven by the fact that countries exporting agricultural goods are relatively abundant (with respect to capital) in the combined availability of water and arable land but, in absolute terms, scarce in capital and not richer in water in comparison to more developed ones. Due to both the scarcity of capital and the lower relative price of natural resources with respect to capital, the total value of production in these developing countries is modest, implying that international trade can lead to a less even distribution of the water content of consumption. Policies sustaining water prices and, more generally, those of natural resources (or lower capital costs) may contribute to offsetting this effect and allow for trade to play a positive role in reducing the uneven distribution of water endowments.
9 Cai, X.; Yao, L.; He, X. 2022. Assessing water options trading willingness in irrigation areas with heterogeneous resource endowments. Journal of Hydrology, 613(Part B):128471. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128471]
Water markets ; Options trading ; Irrigated sites ; Water demand ; Water resources ; Water rights ; Arable land ; Land resources ; Agriculture ; Forecasting ; Risk ; Crops ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051424)
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Water options trading (WOT) is an effective way to promote efficient allocation of water resources and to manage risks of water scarcity. Scientific prediction information can help hedge the risks brought by uncertain hydrological and market environment to WOT. However, confronting with the prediction information, irrigation areas characterizing with heterogeneous resource endowments often exhibit different willingness in WOT. Therefore, through using prediction information, this study provides a novel perspective to assess the water option trading willingness (WOTW) in irrigation areas with heterogeneous resource endowments. Firstly, according to multi-objective optimization and expected utility theory, a three-phase dynamic adjustment model involving tradable water prediction, expected return analysis of WOT, and WOTW calculation is constructed and integrated. Then, based on three sets of comparative analysis data from 2014 to 2020 in five irrigated areas, the influence mechanism of heterogeneous resource endowments on the evolution, intensity and improvement potential of the WOTW is analyzed and the option contract with optimal water demand to motivate the WOTW in heterogeneous irrigation areas is proposed. The results of the case study suggest that the WOTW is largely affected by the matching equilibrium of water and arable land resources in irrigation areas. Larger water resource endowment per unit of arable land indicates smaller fluctuation of the WOTW evolution and greater intensity and improvement potential of the WOTW. Conversely, larger inter-annual variation of the water resource endowment per unit of arable land implies more inclination of the WOTW intensity in irrigation areas to be weakened, in which situation the irrigation areas prefer the option contracts with less water demand. This study provides a new method and theoretical foundation for the optimal allocation and options trading of agricultural water resources.
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