The globalization of Mediterranean agriculture: A long-term view of the impact on water consumption

Rosa Duarte, Vicente Pinilla and Ana Serrano

Ecological Economics, 2021, vol. 183, issue C

Abstract: The countries in the Mediterranean basin increasingly specialized in Mediterranean agricultural products for exports throughout the twentieth century. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to quantify and discuss on the impacts that this growing Mediterranean exports specialization generated on water resources over the last century. To that aim, we focus on the water embodied in Mediterranean exports, the trends followed by dams' construction and the area equipped for irrigation as well as on the evolution of blue water stress.

Keywords: Virtual water; Agricultural trade; Irrigation; Water footprint; Environmental history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106964

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