Managing water and agroecosystems for food security

Boelee, Eline

doi:10.5337/2014.002

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“…The use of treated wastewater (TWW) has the potential for additional conservation, specifically in the form of http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.08.008 0167-8809/© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. crop irrigation (Toze, 2006), considering that the amount of water used globally for agricultural purposes is increasing while the resources are limited or even diminishing (Boelee, 2013;Sofer, 1999).…”

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Comparable levels of microbial contamination in soil and on tomato crops after drip irrigation with treated wastewater or potable water

Orlofsky

Bernstein

Sacks

et al. 2016

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Comparable levels of microbial contamination in soil and on tomato crops after drip irrigation with treated wastewater or potable water

Orlofsky

Bernstein

Sacks

et al. 2016

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…Water is a key driver of several ecosystem functions (including the provision of biomass and crop yields) and of supporting and regulatory services. Understanding linkages between agroecosystems, water, and food production, therefore, is important to the health of all three systems (Boelee 2011).…”

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Land use as possible strategy for managing water table depth in flat basins with shallow groundwater

García

Menénendez

Podestá

et al. 2017

International Journal of River Basin Management

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In flat plains groundwater affects agricultural production outcomes and risks. Agricultural land use decisions, however, may strongly impact groundwater levels available for production. This paper explores the scope for managing groundwater levels through land use decisions in a sub-basin of the Salado River in the Argentine Pampas, a very flat area that plays a key role in world agricultural production. A spatially distributed hydrological model implemented with MIKE SHE software was used to establish the impacts of different land uses on groundwater dynamics, and to assess the interdependencies among spatially close decision-makers sharing a water table (WT). Additionally, groundwater level changes in response to climate variability were quantified. We found land use has strong effects on WT levels both for oneself (e.g. pastures can lead to significant decreases (up to 4.5 m) in WT levels) and others, in the form of strong interdependencies that exist between farmers sharing a WT where land use decisions of one farmer effect groundwater level of neighbouring farms and vice versa. However, the effectiveness to control groundwater levels through land use decisions is subject to the rather unpredictable effects of rainfall variability. The results presented in this paper provide key insights in relation to physical and social aspects that should be considered for managing groundwater levels through land use decisions, in order to avoid negative and/or maximize positive effects on agricultural production.

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“…През последните две десетилетия въпросите, свързани с разбирането, изучаването, оценката и управлението на услугите на екосистемите (вкл. на негативните), както и с намаляването на щетите от тях, са едни от най-актуалните в научните изследвания, в политиката и в бизнес и фермерската практика навсякъде по света (Adhikari, Boag, 2013;Allen et al, 2011;Boelee, 2013;De Groot et al, 2002;Fremier et al, 2013;EEA, 2015;FAO, 2016;Gao et al, 2018;Garbach et al, 2014;Habib et al, 2016;Lescourret et al, 2015;Laurans and Mermet, 2014;MЕА, 2005;Nunes et al, 2014;Novikova et al, 2017;Marta-Pedroso et al, 2018;Petteri et al, 2013;Power, 2010;Scholes et al, 2013;Tsiafouli et al, 2017;Wang et al, 2013;Wood et.al., 2015;Zhan, 2015). Засиленият интерес към екосистемните услуги се дължи на това, че тази новоразвиваща се концепция позволява да се разберат по-добре факторите и целите на устойчивото (аграрно) развитие.…”

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Defining, Analyzing and Improving the Governance of Agroecosystem Services

Bashev¹

2020

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The present article suggests a holistic framework for defining, evaluating and improving the governance of agroecosystem services in Bulgaria. The interdisciplinary Theory of Ecosystem Services and the New Institutional Economy are adapted, and an attempt made to define the governance of agroecosystem services, to identify its agents, forms and mechanisms, to formulate an adequate criterion for evaluating its efficiency, and to characterize the stages for its analysis and improvement. The proposed new approach is based on the building up of a hierarchy of agroecosystems and services related to its different levels, as well as an assessment of the system of governance that corresponds to each level of provision of agroecosystem services.

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Managing water and agroecosystems for food security

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Cited by 13 publications

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Comparable levels of microbial contamination in soil and on tomato crops after drip irrigation with treated wastewater or potable water

Comparable levels of microbial contamination in soil and on tomato crops after drip irrigation with treated wastewater or potable water

Land use as possible strategy for managing water table depth in flat basins with shallow groundwater

Defining, Analyzing and Improving the Governance of Agroecosystem Services

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