Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran
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 ec...
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| author | Marjanizadeh, S. Fraiture, Charlotte de Loiskandl, W. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace405172025-06-17T08:23:38Z Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran Marjanizadeh, S. Fraiture, Charlotte de Loiskandl, W. food production irrigated farming wheat self sufficiency policy models groundwater river basins 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. 2010-09-09 2014-06-13T14:47:50Z 2014-06-13T14:47:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40517 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Marjanizadeh, S.; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Loiskandl, W. 2010. Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran. Water International, 35(4):409-424. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2010.506263 |
| spellingShingle | food production irrigated farming wheat self sufficiency policy models groundwater river basins Marjanizadeh, S. Fraiture, Charlotte de Loiskandl, W. Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title | Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title_full | Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title_short | Food and water scenarios for the Karkheh River Basin, Iran |
| title_sort | food and water scenarios for the karkheh river basin iran |
| topic | food production irrigated farming wheat self sufficiency policy models groundwater river basins |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40517 |
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