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Unsustainable groundwater use for global food production and related international trade

Dalin, C; (2019) Unsustainable groundwater use for global food production and related international trade. Global Sustainability , 2 , Article e 12. 10.1017/sus.2019.7. Green open access

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Abstract

Most of the water humans consume is for agriculture. Rapidly increasing water demand has led to overexploitation of water resources in many important food-producing regions. In particular, growing groundwater-based irrigation causes potentially damaging depletion. Food systems are increasingly globalized, leading to large export-oriented production. Much research has focused on quantifying the amount of water resources embedded in traded products, but less attention has been given to the role of groundwater use and the related sustainability of agriculture globally. We assess current knowledge of virtual water trade in light of groundwater use and sustainability and highlight remaining challenges in this field.

Type: Article
Title: Unsustainable groundwater use for global food production and related international trade
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/sus.2019.7
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2019.7
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2019 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited..
Keywords: agriculture, Earth systems (land, water and atmospheric) food security, natural resources (biological and non-biological), water security
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074476
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