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1 Qureshi, M. E.; Grafton, R. Q.; Kirby, M.; Hanjra, M. A. 2011. Understanding irrigation water use efficiency at different scales for better policy reform: a case study of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia. Water Policy, 13(1):1-17. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.063]
Irrigation water ; Irrigation efficiency ; Risks ; Water use efficiency ; River basins ; Case studies ; Environmental flows ; Assets ; Economic aspects ; Water demand ; Water policy ; Water conservation ; Investment ; Water market ; Water scarcity / Australia / Murray-Darling Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045592)
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2 Hanjra, M. A.; Qureshi, M. E.. 2010. Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change. Food Policy, 35(5):365-377.
Water crisis ; Food security ; Food supply ; Climate change ; Energy ; Credit ; Poverty ; Hunger ; Water scarcity ; Irrigation water ; Population growth ; Investment ; Prices
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H045628)
Food policy should serve humanity by advancing the humane goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. However, these goals have recently been challenged by emerging forces including climate change, water scarcity, the energy crisis as well as the credit crisis. This paper analyses the overall role of these forces and population growth in redefining global food security. Specifically, global water supply and demand as well as the linkages between water supply and food security are examined. The analysis reveals that the water for food security situation is intricate and might get daunting if
3 Qureshi, M. E.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Ward, J. 2013. Impact of water scarcity in Australia on global food security in an era of climate change. Food Policy, 38:136-145. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.11.003]
Water scarcity ; Food security ; Climate change ; Drought ; Irrigated farming ; Wheat ; Rice ; Agricultural production ; Exports ; Food prices ; Water use ; Water allocation ; Land use ; River basins ; Models ; Policy / Australia / Murray–Darling Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046016)
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Australia is a major food exporting country. Recent droughts reduced dryland farming production and the volume of water allocated to irrigated agriculture, with a resulting decline in aggregate agricultural production and exports. This paper analyses the possible impact of increased water scarcity on Australian agricultural production and the magnitude of subsequent impacts on global food security. Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on land and water use coupled with a hydro-economic stochastic modelling approach, the impacts of reduced agricultural production in the southern Murray–Darling Basin, and more generally for Australia, are analysed. Changes in agricultural activity, reduction in agricultural exports and altered composition of products exported attributed to the severe 2000–2009 drought are also analysed to highlight the implications for global food security. The impact of climate change on food production is examined. The analysis shows that climate change, when modelled as the extreme case, along with other factors such as land use, will impact Australian food exports. Despite its relatively small contribution to total global food supply, Australia’s contribution to international trade in wheat, meat and dairy products is substantial and could affect global food prices. Furthermore, Australia’s agricultural exports are of disproportionate importance within the South- and South–East Asian and Oceania region, both in terms of volume and for strategic reasons. Adaptation along with investment in agriculture production is needed to maintain Australian agricultural production and enhance global food security.
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