Water Footprint Assessment: towards water-wise food systems
Joep F. Schynsa, Rick J. Hogebooma,b and Maarten S. Krola aMultidisciplinary Water Management Group, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands bWater Footprint Network, the Netherlands
Abstract
This chapter describes how to assess and reduce food systems' pressure on global freshwater resources through the Water Footprint Assessment framework. First, we describe how to model the green and blue water footprint of growing a crop according to recent advances in the field of study. Second, we summarize methods to assess the environmental sustainability, efficiency and equitability of the water footprint of food systems. Lastly, we explore ...
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