Economic analysis of energy use in groundwater irrigation of dry areas: a case study in Syria

Gül, Aykut; Rida, Fadil; Aw‐Hassan, Aden; Büyükalaca, Orhan

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2004.09.013

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“…In the second phase (1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000), irrigated crops area kept expanding with the Government's objective to increase food security and ensure self-sufficiency (Salman and Mualla 2008). Groundwater-irrigated area particularly grew -nationwide, its share rose from 49% in 1985 to 58% in 2000 (Kaisi and Yasser 2004) -as farmers could get low interest loans, well licenses were more easily delivered and fuel was strongly subsidized (Gül et al 2005).…”

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Quantitative Assessment of Contested Water Uses and Management in the Conflict-Torn Yarmouk River Basin

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Tilmant

Rosenberg

et al. 2020

J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage.

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The Yarmouk River basin is shared between Syria, Jordan, and Israel. Since the 1960s, Yarmouk River flows have declined more than 85% despite the signature of bilateral agreements. Syria and Jordan blame each other for the decline and have both developed their own explanatory narratives: Jordan considers that Syria violated their 1987 agreement by building more dams than what was agreed on, while Syria blames climate change. In fact, as the two countries do not share information, neither on hydrological flows nor on water management, it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the flow regime. Remote sensing and multiagent simulation are combined to carry out an independent, quantitative, analysis of Jordanian and Syrian competing narratives and show that a third cause for which there is no provision in the bilateral agreements actually explains much of the changes in the flow regime: groundwater over-abstraction by Syrian highland farmers.

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Quantitative Assessment of Contested Water Uses and Management in the Conflict-Torn Yarmouk River Basin

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Tilmant

Rosenberg

et al. 2020

J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage.

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“…The expansion in groundwater-based agriculture in Syria was mainly encouraged by government input subsidizes such as diesel fuel subsidy and crop procurement price support (Aw-Hassan et al, 2014;Gül et al, 2005). Aw-Hassan et al (2014) and Gül et al (2005) found that subsidies amounted to around 80 percent of the local purchase price.…”

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“…Aw-Hassan et al (2014) and Gül et al (2005) found that subsidies amounted to around 80 percent of the local purchase price. In 2008, Syria canceled these subsidies on diesel and fertilizers, shifting diesel prices from 7 Syrian pounds to 25 pounds/liter (Saade-Sbeih, 2011).…”

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Groundwater-based agriculture in arid land : the case of Azraq Basin, Jordan

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Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting Framework for Groundwater Use in Agriculture

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Aye

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Changes in energy subsidies for Indian agriculture and the introduction of a carbon tax in Australia have the potential to impact on energy use practices in groundwater‐irrigated agriculture in both countries. A general framework for the accounting of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle energy consumption from groundwater‐irrigated agriculture was developed using life cycle and supply chain analyses to examine the contributing aspects of groundwater irrigation to total associated greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The framework then formed the basis of a greenhouse gas emission and energy accounting model that was simulated for the groundwater‐ dependent agricultural areas of the Musi catchment in India and the south‐east region of South Australia. The region in South Australia was found to be emitting around twice the greenhouse gas of the Indian region per unit volume of water delivered, while emissions associated with operating electricity powered water pumps contributed more than 99.8% of modelled emissions in the south‐east of South Australia and over 99.1% of emissions in the Musi catchment. Diesel powered water pump irrigation systems emitted the least total amount of greenhouse gas emissions per unit volume of water supplied, compared to grid electricity and diesel generator powered submersible water pump options. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Economic analysis of energy use in groundwater irrigation of dry areas: a case study in Syria

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Quantitative Assessment of Contested Water Uses and Management in the Conflict-Torn Yarmouk River Basin

Quantitative Assessment of Contested Water Uses and Management in the Conflict-Torn Yarmouk River Basin

Groundwater-based agriculture in arid land : the case of Azraq Basin, Jordan

Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting Framework for Groundwater Use in Agriculture

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