Measurement of Resource Environmental Performance of Crop Planting Water Consumption Based on Water Footprint and Data Enveloped Analysis

Shuo Wang (), Naixu Tian, Yuqi Dai and Haiyan Duan
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Shuo Wang: Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education
Naixu Tian: Jilin University
Yuqi Dai: Jilin University
Haiyan Duan: Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2022, vol. 36, issue 2, No 13, 658 pages

Abstract: Abstract Pollutants and water consumption in agriculture are essential factors in terms of water environment resource conservation. Calculating the water resource use efficiency of crops is crucial to reduce water consumption and pollution to alleviate the conflict between water use and food. Herein, we presented an integrated research framework that coupled the water footprint with data envelope analysis (DEA) to calculate the water resource use efficiency. Based on the calculation of the water footprint of three crop species (rice, corn, and soybean) in nine cities of Jilin Province from 2009 to 2016, we measured the resource use efficiency of crop water consumption through a superefficient slack-based measure. The driving force of variation in the resource use efficiency was determined by using the Malmquist–Luenberger index at a spatiotemporal scale and breaking down the driving force into an efficiency change and a technical change based on the evaluation results. Siping ranked first in the resource use efficiency of crop water consumption, whereas Yanbian ranked ninth. The technical change value based on the Malmquist–Luenberger index was less than 1, suggesting that it is essential that resource use efficiency in Jilin Province be improved. Moreover, the resource use efficiency in eastern cities with abundant water resources, such as Baishan and Yanbian, needs to be improved. The proposed water footprint can be coupled with the data envelopment analysis framework to provide a more reasonable evaluation that can be used by managers and regulators.

Keywords: Resource environmental performance; Crop planting; Water consumption; Water footprint; Data enveloped analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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