Viewpoint: Water, agriculture & poverty in an era of climate change: Why do we know so little?
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Abstract
- Understanding the complex relationship between water, agriculture and poverty (WAP) is essential for informed policy-making in light of increasing demand for
scarce water resources and greater climatic variability. Yet, our understanding of the WAP nexus remains surprisingly undeveloped and dispersed across multiple
disciplines due to conceptual (biophysical and economic) and measurement issues. We argue that water for agriculture will need to be better managed for it to
contribute to reductions in poverty and vulnerabilities. Moreover, this management will need to consider not just quantities of water, but the quality of the water and
the multiple agricultural and non-agricultural uses. For this reason, expanding research in WAP needs to involve interdisciplinary efforts. We identify three key
knowledge gaps in WAP that are particularly pressing in light of greater climatic variability. These are climate change adaptation, over-abstraction of groundwater,
and water quality.
| Title | Viewpoint: Water, agriculture & poverty in an era of climate change: Why do we know so little? |
|---|---|
| Creator | Balasubramanya, S |
| Stifel, David C. | |
| Publisher | Food Policy |
| Academic Department | Economics |
| Division | Social Sciences |
| Organization | Lafayette College |
| Date Issued | 2020 |
| Date Available | 2020-06-17 |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Bibliographic Citation | Balasubramanya, S and D. C. Stifel (2020) "Viewpoint: Water, agriculture & poverty in an era of climate change: Why do we know so little?" Food Policy 93: 101905. |
| Standard Identifier | Handle 10385/3t945r19c |
| DOI 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101905 | |
| Permalink | http://hdl.handle.net/10385/3t945r19c |
| Rights Statement |
Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives
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| Rights Holders | Stifel, David C. |
| Balasubramanyab, S |
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