Trends and environmental impacts of virtual water trade

MM Mekonnen, MM Kebede, BW Demeke… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Virtual water describes water embedded in the production of goods and offers meaningful
insights about the complex interplay between water, trade and sustainability. In this Review …

Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

B Stewart-Koster, SE Bunn, P Green… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue
water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Methodologies for water accounting at the collective irrigation system scale aiming at optimizing water productivity

A Ferreira, J Rolim, P Paredes, MR Cameira - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
To improve water use efficiency and productivity, particularly in irrigated areas, reliable
water accounting methodologies are essential, as they provide information on the status and …

Nexus between water-energy-carbon footprint network: Multiregional input-output and coupling coordination degree analysis

X Liu, D Vu, SC Perera, G Wang, R **ong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
With rising concerns over global issues such as climate change, environmental degradation,
and resource shortages, the need for coordinated development of the water-energy-carbon …

Water footprint and virtual water flows from the Global South: Foundations for sustainable agriculture in periods of drought

V Novoa, O Rojas, R Ahumada-Rudolph… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater availability has decreased alarmingly worldwide, with agriculture playing a vital
role in this trend. The assessment of the agricultural water footprint (WF agricultural) and …

Mismatch between provincial grain production and consumption increased cropland soil erosion in China

S Yu, X Bai, J Zhao, Y Zeng, Y Wang, Z Wang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cropland soil erosion is primarily caused by agricultural production and indirectly altered by
consumption patterns. A well-developed grain trade system transfers grain products to …

The “Gravity” for global virtual water flows: From quantity and quality perspectives

S Hou, M Xu, S Qu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The virtual water trade (VWT) has been proposed as a means of balancing national water
budgets while also saving water globally. Since humans require both sufficient quantity and …

A temporal analysis of the consequences of the drought regime on the water footprint of agriculture in the Guadalupe Valley, Mexico

V Novoa, C Rojas, O Rojas, R Ahumada-Rudolph… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in water availability have a substantial impact on the sustainability and
maintenance of agriculture, with water footprint (WF) being a robust methodology to assess …

A meso-level water use assessment in the Mediterranean agriculture. Multiple applications of water footprint for some traditional crops

T Crovella, A Paiano, G Lagioia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Currently, agriculture uses about 70–80% of global water resources and, in the
Mediterranean area, it accounts for the high pressure of freshwater demand. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Can deficit irrigations be an optimum solution for increasing water productivity under arid conditions? A case study on wheat plants

AM Saad, AK Elhabbak, MHH Abbas… - Saudi Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is of growing concern in many countries around the world, especially within
the arid and semi-arid zones. Accordingly, rationalizing irrigation water has become an …