Commentary: On the water footprint as an indicator of water use in food production
| Autor: | Elias Fereres, C. J. Perry, G.E. Van Halsema, M. I. Minguez, Francisco J. Villalobos, Francisco Orgaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Sustainable development
Irrigation business.industry Soil Science Climate change WASS 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Water Resources Management Agriculture 040103 agronomy & agriculture Food processing Life Science 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science business Water resource management Agronomy and Crop Science Water use 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Irrigation Science 35 (2017) 2 Irrigation Science, 35(2), 83-85 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1319 0342-7188 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00271-017-0535-y |
| Popis: | The water footprint (WF), defined as the volume of water used per unit food produced, is becoming a popular indicator in a variety of assessments that relate food production to water use. The complexities underlying the phrase “water used” already point to the difficulties in computing an indicator with robust and general meaning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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