Policy Options for Reducing Water for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia

Christopher Napoli, Ben Wise, David Wogan and Lama Yaseen
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Abstract: Saudi Arabia relies almost exclusively on aquifers and desalination to provide its water. Roughly 87 percent of these water extractions are used for agriculture, and so any policy to improve the sustainability of water resources cannot ignore this agriculture dimension.

Keywords: Crop Switching; Desalination; Economic Modeling; Energy Saving; Food Production; Food Security; Water; Water for Agriculture; Water Scarcity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2016-03-05
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