Title: Virtual-water content of agricultural production and food trade balance of Tunisia
Abstract: AbstractThis article is devoted to the assessment of Tunisian agricultural production and food trade balance water-equivalent. A linear regression model relating annual rainfall to crop yields is developed to estimate the agricultural production water-equivalent. Its implementation is based on national data for crop and animal production, leading to food demand water-equivalent quantification. Results highlight the relationship between agricultural and water policies and provide a picture of food security in the country in relation to local agricultural production, and to virtual water fluxes related to foodstuffs trade balance.Keywords:: virtual wateragricultural productionfood-trade balanceTunisiablue watergreen water Supplemental dataSupplemental data for this article are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2015.1040543 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-05-27
Language: en
Type: article
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