Water Footprint, Blue Water Scarcity, and Economic Water Productivity of Irrigated Crops in Peshawar Basin, Pakistan

Pakistan possesses the fourth largest irrigation network in the world, serving 20.2 million hectares of cultivated land. With an increasing irrigated area, Pakistan is short of freshwater resources and faces severe water scarcity and food security challenges. This is the first comprehensive study on...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Water (Basel) 2021-05, Vol.13 (9), p.1249
Hauptverfasser:	Khan, Tariq, Nouri, Hamideh, Booij, Martijn, Hoekstra, Arjen, Khan, Hizbullah, Ullah, Ihsan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural land Agricultural production Agriculture Aquatic resources Barley Basins Cereal crops China Climatic changes Consumption Corn Crop production Crops Cultivated lands Food security Footprint analysis Fresh water Freshwater resources GDP Gross Domestic Product India Irrigation Management Pakistan Population Productivity Radiation Rice Rivers Sugar beets Sugarcane Surface water Tobacco Water Water consumption Water management Water pollution Water resources Water scarcity Water shortages Water use Wheat
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