Limitation of Agricultural Groundwater Uses in Beauce (France): What Are the Impacts on Farms and on the Food‐processing Sector?

Lejars, Caroline; Fusillier, Jean-Louis; Bouarfa, Sami; Coutant, Charles; Brunel, L.; Rucheton, Gabrielle

doi:10.1002/ird.1659

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“…Some early experience obtained in developed countries revealed that actors of food processing sectors are interested in creating standards and certification towards more sustainable practices (Vos and Boelens 2014) or in participating in negotiations concerning volumetric management of groundwater (Lejars et al 2012). Of course, such processes involve negotiations, transparency or at least information sharing.…”

Section: The Scope For Integrating Key Supply Chain Actors In Water Mmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Recent studies have shown that individual access to groundwater has structured food supply chains, especially product marketing and the supply of inputs and agricultural equipment, including irrigation equipment (Llamas 2010;Bouarfa et al 2011;Lejars et al 2012). The supply chain actors have become increasingly dependent on groundwater for irrigation, particularly as it secures not only the quality and quantity of production but also their business (Lejars et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The supply chain actors have become increasingly dependent on groundwater for irrigation, particularly as it secures not only the quality and quantity of production but also their business (Lejars et al 2012). These actors could amplify groundwater abstraction by enabling access to global, local or Bniche^markets or alternatively, they could support water sustainability through innovative standards that take irrigation practices into account (Vos and Boelens 2014).…”

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The key role of supply chain actors in groundwater irrigation development in North Africa

Lejars

Daoudi

Amichi³

2017

Hydrogeol J

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The role played by supply chain actors in the rapid development of groundwater-based irrigated agriculture is analyzed. Agricultural groundwater use has increased tremendously in the past 50 years, leading to the decline of water tables. Groundwater use has enabled intensification of existing farming systems and ensured economic growth. This “groundwater economy” has been growing rapidly due to the initiative of farmers and the involvement of a wide range of supply chain actors, including suppliers of equipment, inputs retailers, and distributors of irrigated agricultural products. In North Africa, the actors in irrigated production chains often operate at the margin of public policies and are usually described as “informal”, “unstructured”, and as participating in “groundwater anarchy”. This paper underlines the crucial role of supply chain actors in the development of groundwater irrigation, a role largely ignored by public policies and rarely studied. The analysis is based on three case studies in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, and focuses on the horticultural sub-sector, in particular on onions and tomatoes, which are irrigated high value crops. The study demonstrates that although supply chain actors are catalyzers of the expansion of groundwater irrigation, they could also become actors in adaptation to the declining water tables. Through their informal activities, they help reduce market risks, facilitate credit and access to subsidies, and disseminate innovation. The interest associated with making these actors visible to agricultural institutions is discussed, along with methods of getting them involved in the management of the resource on which they depend. (Résumé d'auteur

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Section: The Scope For Integrating Key Supply Chain Actors In Water Mmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The key role of supply chain actors in groundwater irrigation development in North Africa

Lejars

Daoudi

Amichi³

2017

Hydrogeol J

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“…Such actions may eventually lead to the exclusion of farmers who lack the necessary capital to access the resource, and led to a local social crisis [40]. The implementation of multi-stakeholder consultation frameworks involving farmers is therefore urgently needed to initiate effective aquifer management [41,42].…”

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Sustainability Viewed from Farmers’ Perspectives in a Resource-Constrained Environment

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The way farmers perceive the concept of sustainability as applied to their own farms must be better understood in order to help them evolve towards more sustainable production systems. Based on extensive discussions with 36 farmers on the Saïs plain (Morocco), this article explores farmers’ perceptions of sustainability and the strategies they are implementing for their farms to endure. Although these farmers are not formally aware of the concept of sustainability, they have several perceptions expressed through seven sustainability-related themes. The most frequently mentioned is the profitability of their agricultural activities (31% of responses). Three groups of perception were identified through a multiple component analysis (MCA) and an ascending hierarchical cluster (AHC) analysis: A combination of economic profitability and maintenance of the farm’s natural resources (Environment); a combination of economic profitability and a capacity to seize opportunities (Profitability); and setting up a modern agricultural model (Modernism). Additionally, farmers implement three types of strategies to endure also identified through MCA and AHC analysis: (1) Income security and farm survival with low-intensity practices involving farmers with low levels of investment (Security); (2) adaptation and valorization of the flexibility of the farm, bringing together farmers who intensify their practices according to economic opportunities (Adaptation); and (3) quest for productivity and income maximization for farmers with high levels of capital (Entrepreneurship). A certain coherence emerges between these two ways of grouping farms: Environment and Security linked to threats related to the degradation of soil fertility or water scarcity; Profitability and Adaptation in relation to land and economic opportunities; and Modernism and Entrepreneurship, which links economic sustainability, a modern production model, and capital accumulation.

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“…Groundwater quotas were established in the Beauce area (France), following a long negotiation process (Bouarfa et al , ; Lejars et al , , this issue). The Beauce aquifer is one of the largest in France with an average stock of 20 billion m 3 .…”

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Groundwater in Irrigation Systems: From Menace to Mainstay

Bouarfa

Kuper

2012

Irrigation and Drainage

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Irrigation systems have changed significantly in the last 50 years. Originally supplied by surface water, its farming systems depend increasingly on the massive use of groundwater through private tubewells. Withdrawals are currently leading to a general decrease in groundwater table levels which in the past caused waterlogging due to excess surface irrigation. This new context calls for the repositioning of the paradigm of the twin menace of waterlogging and salinity in which the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) community defined its concepts. It also requires taking into consideration existing groundwater institutions, often informal and developed locally, more rarely legally recognized processes when moving towards groundwater governance. We present an analytical framework showing the role of these institutions in groundwater governance. This special issue contains a selection of papers presented at the 24th European Regional Conference of ICID in March 2011, organized by its French National Committee, AFEID. The selected contributions focus on critical analysis of formal and informal institutions at the local scale dealing with groundwater access, restoring the groundwater balance and water quality protection. We argue that these analyses can help building a more process‐oriented approach to policy and engineering, contributing to new modes of groundwater governance. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Limitation of Agricultural Groundwater Uses in Beauce (France): What Are the Impacts on Farms and on the Food‐processing Sector?

Cited by 22 publications

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The key role of supply chain actors in groundwater irrigation development in North Africa

The key role of supply chain actors in groundwater irrigation development in North Africa

Sustainability Viewed from Farmers’ Perspectives in a Resource-Constrained Environment

Groundwater in Irrigation Systems: From Menace to Mainstay

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