The water footprint of food

Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

The water footprint of food

Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

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Abstract

The international trade in agricultural commodities at the same time constitutes a trade with water in virtual form. Water in external areas has been used to produce the food and feed items that are imported. The water footprint of a good or a service is the total amount of water, external and internal, that is required to produce it. The concept can be used to calculate and compare the strain on water resources resulting from different options. It can also be extended to provide water budgets for whole nations or continents.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Water for food
Editors	Jonas Förare
Place of Publication	Stockholm
Publisher	The Swedisch Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas)
Pages	-
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9789154060191
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Name
Publisher	The Swedish Research Council for Environment

Keywords

METIS-249377
IR-77216

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http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Hoekstra-2008-WaterfootprintFood.pdf

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