The purpose of this study is to analyze the political economy of food-water security in the water-scarce Middle East and North Africa region. The study deploys the lens of virtual water trade to determine how the region’s economies have met their rising food-water requirements over the past three decades. It is shown that the region’s water and food security currently depend to a considerable extent on water from outside the region, ‘embedded’ in food imports and accessed through trade. The analysis includes blue (surface and groundwater) and green water resources.

Food-water security and virtual water trade in the Middle East and North Africa / Marta, Antonelli; Tamea, Stefania. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 0790-0627. - 31:3(2015), pp. 326-342. [10.1080/07900627.2015.1030496]

Food-water security and virtual water trade in the Middle East and North Africa

TAMEA, STEFANIA
2015

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the political economy of food-water security in the water-scarce Middle East and North Africa region. The study deploys the lens of virtual water trade to determine how the region’s economies have met their rising food-water requirements over the past three decades. It is shown that the region’s water and food security currently depend to a considerable extent on water from outside the region, ‘embedded’ in food imports and accessed through trade. The analysis includes blue (surface and groundwater) and green water resources.
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