Towards sustainable irrigated Mediterranean agriculture: implications for water conservation in semi-arid environments

Iván Francisco García-Tejero, Víctor Hugo Durán-Zuazo and José Luis Muriel-Fernández

Water International, 2014, vol. 39, issue 5, 635-648

Abstract: Water scarcity is a threat to food production systems, with appropriate water management being a major part of the solution. From the adoption of the European Water Framework Directive to the latest proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy Horizon 2020, the strategic lines for establishing a balance between agriculture and water resources in the European Union have been defined, including an emphasis on water pricing. This paper discusses the situation of irrigated agriculture in semi-arid areas such as southern Spain in terms of water scarcity, highlighting the main advantages and disadvantages of water-pricing policies as a solution to more sustainable irrigation management.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.931753

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