Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture under Global Change
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 December 2018) | Viewed by 26877
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agroeconomic modeling; policy impact assessment; water–energy–food nexus; circular economy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: agricultural policy evaluation; bioeconomic modelling; water-food nexus; water economics; foresight analysis; water governance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is one of the most critical resources for sustainable agricultural development worldwide and thus plays an important role in global food security. According to FAO, irrigated agriculture represents about 70% of the total water withdrawals and provides 40% of the global food production.
Socio-economic pressures and climate change impose restrictions to water allocated to agriculture. Growing competition among different water uses, together with increased water vulnerability and scarcity because of climate change, will reduce water availability in agriculture. Nevertheless, global food demand is projected to increase until mid-century, so that improved water management is a priority to meet water and food security.
Moving towards sustainable water management in agriculture involves not only adoption of tecnological improvements but also changes in the social and institutional frameworks. Efforts are needed to assess water-food interlinkages, support the design of synergetic policy interventions and promote water reuse and transition to a circular economy.
Prof. Maria Blanco
Ms. Pilar Martínez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- socioeconomic and environmental analysis of water use in agriculture
- integrated assessment of policy interventions for promoting sustainable water management in agriculture
- assessment of vulnerability and resilience of agricultural systems to water related estress
- bioeconomic modelling to assess food and water policies aiming at attaining the SDGs
- water-energy-food nexus in a context of global change
- water reuse in agriculture and transition to a more circular economy
- water governance for agriculture
- development of analytical tools to identify water-food interlinkages, assess trade-offs and synergies and support policy interventions to enhance agricultural sustainability.
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