Water-saving strategies for irrigation agriculture in Saudi Arabia

被引:14
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作者
Multsch, S. [1 ]
Alquwaizany, A. S. [2 ]
Alharbi, O. A. [2 ]
Pahlow, M. [3 ]
Fredea, H. -G. [1 ]
Breuer, L. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Justus Liebig Univ, Res Ctr BioSyst Land Use & Nutr IFZ, Inst Landscape Ecol & Resources Management ILR, Giessen, Germany
[2] King Abdulaziz City Sci & Technol, Res Inst Water & Energy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[3] Univ Twente, Twente Water Ctr, Water Management Grp, Enschede, Netherlands
[4] Justus Liebig Univ, Ctr Int Dev & Environm Res, Giessen, Germany
关键词
SPARE:WATER; water footprint; agriculture; irrigation; Saudi Arabia; MIDDLE-EAST; FOOTPRINT; RESOURCES; SECURITY; PRODUCT; DEMAND; POLICY; CROPS; GREEN; MODEL;
D O I
10.1080/07900627.2016.1168286
中图分类号
TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];
学科分类号
081501 ;
摘要
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%
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页码:292 / 309
页数:18
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