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.
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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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