Water resource decoupling in the MENA through food trade as a mechanism for circumventing national water scarcity

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dc.contributor.authorGilmont, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T14:11:04Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T14:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper combines Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Balance data with Water Footprint data to reveal how virtual water flows interact with food import tonnages to enhance or retard national decoupling based on food trade. Decoupling theorises breaking the links between economic and population growth and water demands for domestic food production. The detailed analysis applies a resource decoupling model in relation to the role and potential of food and virtual water trade in alleviating national and regional water limits in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The contrast between Egypt’s political denial of dependence, and Israel’s strategic adoption of food imports provides an example.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/57651
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFood Sec. (2015) 7:1113–1131;DOI 10.1007/s12571-015-0513-2en
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITYen
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectFOOD IMPORTSen
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTIONen
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITYen
dc.subjectDECOUPLING OF WATER RESOURCESen
dc.subjectALGERIAen
dc.subjectEGYPTen
dc.subjectJORDANen
dc.subjectISRAELen
dc.subjectKUWAITen
dc.subjectLEBANONen
dc.subjectLIBYAen
dc.subjectMOROCCOen
dc.subjectSYRIAen
dc.subjectSAUDI ARABIAen
dc.subjectYEMENen
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAen
dc.subjectNORTH OF SAHARAen
dc.titleWater resource decoupling in the MENA through food trade as a mechanism for circumventing national water scarcityen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holder© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and International Society for Plant Pathology 2015
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY-NC-SA 2.5en
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber107643004
idrc.project.number107643
idrc.project.titlePathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economiesen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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