Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability
In the current study, for the main crops cultivated in the Campania region (South of Italy), three indicators were proposed and analysed. The blue water footprint (WFb), which gives an indication of the impact of irrigation on the water resource; the gross margin WFb (GMWFb), describing the economic...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge University Press
2018
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111839 |
| _version_ | 1855533706908794880 |
|---|---|
| author | Altobelli, F. Cimino, O. Natali, F. Orlandini, S. Gitz, V. Meybeck, A. Dalla Marta, A. |
| author_browse | Altobelli, F. Cimino, O. Dalla Marta, A. Gitz, V. Meybeck, A. Natali, F. Orlandini, S. |
| author_facet | Altobelli, F. Cimino, O. Natali, F. Orlandini, S. Gitz, V. Meybeck, A. Dalla Marta, A. |
| author_sort | Altobelli, F. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | In the current study, for the main crops cultivated in the Campania region (South of Italy), three indicators were proposed and analysed. The blue water footprint (WFb), which gives an indication of the impact of irrigation on the water resource; the gross margin WFb (GMWFb), describing the economic productivity of irrigation; and the job WFb (JWFb) that expresses the social value of blue water in terms of job opportunities. Results confirmed that water applied through irrigation is much higher compared with crop requirements. In terms of GMWFb, silage maize, maize and alfalfa had the highest values, while olive, potato and tomato had the lowest. Concerning JWFb, silage maize was the crop with the highest value. Even though a deeper analysis should be done in terms of added value in the entire supply chain, the results indicated a clear difference between the crops related to animal feeding (alfalfa, maize) and the other crops taken into consideration. In fact, for the former, both the GMWFb and the JWFb achieved their highest values. Results showed that for certain irrigation volumes and for certain crops, the economic and social impacts are very different and the choice of an irrigated crop rather than another has different repercussions in terms of environmental and socio-economic sustainability. The proposed indicators would allow water managers and farmers to assess and compare production systems in terms of the different benefits that their use of water can provide. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace111839 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publishDateRange | 2018 |
| publishDateSort | 2018 |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| publisherStr | Cambridge University Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1118392024-11-15T08:52:53Z Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability Altobelli, F. Cimino, O. Natali, F. Orlandini, S. Gitz, V. Meybeck, A. Dalla Marta, A. farming crops irrigation livestock In the current study, for the main crops cultivated in the Campania region (South of Italy), three indicators were proposed and analysed. The blue water footprint (WFb), which gives an indication of the impact of irrigation on the water resource; the gross margin WFb (GMWFb), describing the economic productivity of irrigation; and the job WFb (JWFb) that expresses the social value of blue water in terms of job opportunities. Results confirmed that water applied through irrigation is much higher compared with crop requirements. In terms of GMWFb, silage maize, maize and alfalfa had the highest values, while olive, potato and tomato had the lowest. Concerning JWFb, silage maize was the crop with the highest value. Even though a deeper analysis should be done in terms of added value in the entire supply chain, the results indicated a clear difference between the crops related to animal feeding (alfalfa, maize) and the other crops taken into consideration. In fact, for the former, both the GMWFb and the JWFb achieved their highest values. Results showed that for certain irrigation volumes and for certain crops, the economic and social impacts are very different and the choice of an irrigated crop rather than another has different repercussions in terms of environmental and socio-economic sustainability. The proposed indicators would allow water managers and farmers to assess and compare production systems in terms of the different benefits that their use of water can provide. 2018-07 2021-03-08T08:14:36Z 2021-03-08T08:14:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111839 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Altobelli, F., Cimino, O., Natali, F., Orlandini, S., Gitz, V., Meybeck, A., Dalla Marta, A. 2018. Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 156 (5): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002185961800062X |
| spellingShingle | farming crops irrigation livestock Altobelli, F. Cimino, O. Natali, F. Orlandini, S. Gitz, V. Meybeck, A. Dalla Marta, A. Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title | Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title_full | Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title_short | Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability |
| title_sort | irrigated farming systems using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental social and economic sustainability |
| topic | farming crops irrigation livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111839 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT altobellif irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT ciminoo irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT natalif irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT orlandinis irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT gitzv irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT meybecka irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability AT dallamartaa irrigatedfarmingsystemsusingthewaterfootprintasanindicatorofenvironmentalsocialandeconomicsustainability |