Gross Domestic Product and water footprint of agribusiness: comparative between countries
Umberto Antonio Sesso Filho,
Ricardo Luís Lopes,
Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Junior
et al.
Abstract:The objective of this study is to measure the countries' agribusiness in terms of income (Gross Domestic Product - GDP) and water (water footprint), in addition to estimating a sustainability indicator (water per unit of income). The methodology is based on the input-output matrix and was applied to 189 countries with a focus on the twenty largest economies (GDP) in 2015. The GDP of world agribusiness was US$12.3 trillion and the water footprint of 151 trillion cubic meters, the values represented respectively… Show more
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