Analysis of intra-country virtual water trade strategy to alleviate water scarcity in Iran

Increasing water scarcity has posed a major constraint to sustain food production in many parts of the world. To study the situation at the regional level, we took Iran as an example and analyzed how an intra-country "virtual water trade strategy" (VWTS) may help improve cereal production...

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Main Authors: M. Faramarzi, H. Yang, J. Mousavi, R. Schulin, C. R. Binder, K. C. Abbaspour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-08-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/1417/2010/hess-14-1417-2010.pdf