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A high spatial resolution analysis of the water footprint of global rice consumption
Mom, R.J.C. (2007) A high spatial resolution analysis of the water footprint of global rice consumption.
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| Abstract: | With the consumption of agricultural products people indirectly use water needed to produce the consumed product. By calculation of this ‘virtual water’ the ‘water footprint’ can be assessed. This water footprint depends on the use of both domestic and external water resources related to the production and trade of te concerned products) in respectively the own country and abroad. Of all agricultural products rice is one of the most water intensive crops and consumed by a large number of people living on he planet. This study aims to calculate the global waterfootprint of rice consumption for the period 1999 –2003 using a top down approach |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | International Rice Research Institute |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering and Management MSc (60026) |
| Link to this item: | http://purl.utwente.nl/essays/577 |
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