Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2017

Seiten: 292-309

Zeitschrift: International Journal of Water Resources Development

Bandnummer: 33

Heftnummer: 2

ISSN: 0790-0627

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1168286

Verlag: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
Agriculture policy changes in Saudi Arabia are investigated by water footprint (WF) assessment. WF is calculated with the model SPARE:WATER for 3758 irrigated sites. The WF of agriculture areas (WFarea, km(3)yr(-1)) has decreased (-17%) since the year 2000 to 13.84km(3)yr(-1) (2011), which is mainly caused by the reduction of cropland by -33%. Nevertheless, water consumption per field has increased about 16%, which can be attributed to the cultivation of fodder crops (+12%). A scenario analysis revealed that a shifting cropping pattern towards less fodder crops reduces WFarea by -15%, and implementing improved irrigation technology leads to a combined reduction of up to 32%

Harvard-Zitierstil: Multsch, S., Alquwaizany, A., Alharbi, O., Pahlow, M., Frede, H. and Breuer, L. (2017) Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33(2), pp. 292-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1168286

APA-Zitierstil: Multsch, S., Alquwaizany, A., Alharbi, O., Pahlow, M., Frede, H., & Breuer, L. (2017). Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 33(2), 292-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1168286