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DOI	10.1007/s11269-023-03663-1
	Uberizing Agriculture in Drylands: A Few Enriched, Everyone Endangered
	Martinez-Valderrama, Jaime; Gartzia, Rolando; Olcina, Jorge; Guirado, Emilio; Ibanez, Javier; Maestre, Fernando T.
通讯作者	Martínez-Valderrama, J
来源期刊	WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0920-4741
EISSN	1573-1650
出版年	2024
卷号	38 期号:1 页码:193-214
英文摘要	The future of water resources relies heavily on food production. Large-scale agriculture, driven by irrigation technology and cost reduction, has transformed traditional dryland croplands into a very profitable but environmentally and socially impactful agribusiness. The study of groundwater-dependent food systems is fragmented. Hydrology, on one hand, concentrates on water resources while overlooking surface agricultural processes. Meanwhile, the agro-economic sector is fixated on optimizing resource utilization for short-term profit maximization. Consequently, numerous adverse environmental and social consequences are overlooked by these conventional approaches. To steer resource usage and our food systems in a new direction, prioritizing the integration of this collective knowledge is imperative. Here, we analyze the impacts of greenhouse agriculture in SE Spain, one of the global hotspots of fruit and vegetable production. Through the lens of the treadmill of production theory we uncover the model's significant profitability and its environmental and social effects, which include unequal wealth distribution, precarious working conditions, and the depletion and pollution of belowground water reserves. Reducing water use and limiting the development of new irrigated areas, using crop species adapted to available water resources, and empowering farmers against large distributors are key measures to avoid the social and economic collapse of this region, and of other dryland areas that have followed a similar unsustainable development model. The need for these changes becomes more pressing as the impacts of climate change continue to escalate. Within this context, groundwater reserves represent vital strategic resources that must not be wasted.
英文关键词	Drylands Desertification Treadmill of production Groundwater degradation Agrobusiness Water demand management
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001129168300001
WOS关键词	GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS ; GROUNDWATER USE ; FOOD ; WATER ; IRRIGATION ; SUSTAINABILITY ; AQUIFER ; ENERGY ; LAND
WOS类目	Engineering, Civil ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405919
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Martinez-Valderrama, Jaime,Gartzia, Rolando,Olcina, Jorge,et al. Uberizing Agriculture in Drylands: A Few Enriched, Everyone Endangered[J],2024,38(1):193-214.
APA	Martinez-Valderrama, Jaime,Gartzia, Rolando,Olcina, Jorge,Guirado, Emilio,Ibanez, Javier,&Maestre, Fernando T..(2024).Uberizing Agriculture in Drylands: A Few Enriched, Everyone Endangered.WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,38(1),193-214.
MLA	Martinez-Valderrama, Jaime,et al."Uberizing Agriculture in Drylands: A Few Enriched, Everyone Endangered".WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 38.1(2024):193-214.