Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran
2014
w. loiskandl | s. marjanizadeh | charlotte de fraiture
S. Marjanizadeh, Charlotte de Fraiture, W. Loiskandl, 'Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran', 2014
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]Increasing population and income and a wheat self-sufficiency policy are already stressing Iran's strategic Karkeh River Basin. Examining three scenarios to the year 2025, the authors of this study find: (1) business as usual leads to an aggravation of groundwater overdraft and may jeopardize the ecosystem services provided by the Hawr Al Azim marsh area; (2) giving priority to environmental flow requirements and restoring groundwater tables leads to a shortfall in wheat production; but (3) reducing agricultural water demand could maintain a certain level of food production. Appropriate policy could minimize the tradeoffs between food self-sufficiency, sustainable water use and farmers' income
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