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Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia
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 (WF area , km 3 yr −1 ) has decreased (-17%) since the year 2000 to 13.84 km 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 WF area by -15%, and implementing improved irrigation technology leads to a combined reduction of up to 32%
Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia
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 (WF area , km 3 yr −1 ) has decreased (-17%) since the year 2000 to 13.84 km 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 WF area by -15%, and implementing improved irrigation technology leads to a combined reduction of up to 32%
Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia
Multsch, S (author) / Alquwaizany, A. S / Alharbi, O. A / Pahlow, M / Frede, H.-G / Breuer, L
2017
Article (Journal)
English
BKL:
38.85
Hydrologie: Allgemeines
/
56.35
Siedlungswasserwirtschaft, industrielle Wasserwirtschaft
/
56.30
Wasserbau
/
43.33
Umweltfreundliche Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen
Local classification TIB:
330/3715/6615
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