Marginal cost curves for water footprint reduction in irrigated agriculture: Guiding a cost-effective reduction of crop water consumption to a permit or benchmark level

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• water footprint 100%
• water consumption 78%
• crop 54%
• agriculture 54%
• cost 39%
• irrigation 25%
• mulching 25%
• labor 9%
• silty clay loam 6%
• humid environment 6%
• drip irrigation 6%
• potato 5%
• sandy loam 5%
• loam 5%
• crop production 5%
• crop yield 5%
• energy 4%
• soil type 4%
• water 4%
• water budget 4%
• management practice 4%
• evapotranspiration 4%
• maize 4%
• water management 4%
• soil water 3%
• decision making 3%
• effect 1%