Water Footprint Assessment: towards water-wise food systems

Joep F. Schyns; Rick J. Hogeboom; Maarten S. Krol

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822112-9.00006-0

Water Footprint Assessment: towards water-wise food systems

Joep F. Schyns, Rick J. Hogeboom, Maarten S. Krol

Multidisciplinary Water Management

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Abstract

This chapter describes how to assess and reduce food systems’ pressure on global freshwater resources through the Water Footprint Assessment framework. First, we describe how to model the green and blue water footprint of growing a crop according to recent advances in the field of study. Second, we summarize methods to assess the environmental sustainability, efficiency and equitability of the water footprint of food systems. Lastly, we explore actions that both direct and indirect stakeholders can take to transform current food systems towards more water-wise food systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Food Systems Modelling
Subtitle of host publication	Tools for Assessing Sustainability in Food and Agriculture
Editors	Christian J. Peters, Dawn D. Thilmany
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	4
Pages	63-87
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	978-0-12-822112-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822112-9.00006-0
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2022

Keywords

Water footprint
Water footprint assessment
Water productivity
Crop model
Crop modeling
Water stewardship
Sustainability
Water management
Water governance
Water dependency
22/2 OA procedure

UN SDGs

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