Fresh tomato production for the Sydney market: An evaluation of options to reduce freshwater scarcity from agricultural water use

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Page, Girija ^a   Ridoutt, Brad ^b   Bellotti, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

LCA; Sustainability; Water footprints; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; AUSTRALIA; FRESHWATER SCARCITY; LCA; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; POTENTIAL STRESS; RECYCLED WATER; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; SCENARIO MODELLING; SHORT TERM; TOMATO PRODUCTION; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER FOOTPRINTS; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY; FRUITS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRONOMY; DICOTYLEDON; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80053221102     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. ABS, 2010. Water accounts Australia 2008-2009. (accessed 21.03.11). http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/D2335EFFE939C9BCCA2577E700158B1C/$File/46100_2008-09.pdf.
2. Andersson K., Eide M.H., Lundqvist U., Mattsson B. The feasibility of including sustainability in LCA for product development. Journal of Cleaner Production 1998, 6:289-298.
3. Anton M.A., Montero J.I., Munoz P. LCA and tomato production in Mediterranean greenhouses. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology 2005, 4(2):102-112.
4. Bureau of Meteorology, 2010. Climate data online. (accessed 15.02.11). http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/.
5. Çetin Ö., Uygan D. The effect of drip line spacing, irrigation regimes and planting geometries of tomato on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and net return. Agricultural Water Management 2008, 95(8):949-958.
6. Chartres C., Williams J. Can Australia overcome its water scarcity problems? Journal of Development in Sustainable Agriculture 2006, 1:17-24.
7. Clothier B., Collins D., Heiler T., Jenkins B., Mowat A., Pyke N., et al. Virtual Water: Emerging Issues 2009, The Royal Society of New Zealand, http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2009/09/11/virtual-water-paper/ (accessed 06.02.11).
8. Clothier B., Green S., Deurer M. The sustainable use of water resources for agriculture and horticulture. Paper Presented at the 15th ASA Conference on Food Security from Sustainable Agriculture 2010.
9. FAO, 1996. Control of water pollution from agriculture: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Papers No 55. Natural Resources Management and Environment Department.
10. FAO stat, 2010. (accessed 06.01.11). http://faostat.fao.org/site/339/default.aspx.
11. Fereres E., Evans R.G. Irrigation of fruit trees and vines: an introduction. Irrigation Science 2006, 24(2):55-57.
12. Heinz I., Salgot M., Koo-Oshima S. Water reclamation and intersectoral water transfer between agriculture and cities-a FAO economic wastewater study. Water Science and Technology 2011, 63(5):1067-1073.
13. Hoekstra, A.Y., Chapagain, A.K., 2006. The water footprints of Morocco and The Netherlands. Value of water Research Report Series No. 21. UNESCO-IHE.
14. Houston P. Re-valing the fringe: some findings on the value of agricultural production in Australia's peri-urban regions. Geographical Research 2005, 43(2):209-223.
15. Howell T.A. Enhancing water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture. Agronomy Journal 2001, 93:281-289.
16. Jeffs, A., 2009. Sydney's Agriculture-planning for the future forum outcomes report. (accessed 21.03.11). http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/274914/sydneys-agriculture%20planning-for-the-future-forum-outcomes-report.pdf.
17. Jury W.A., Vaux H. The role of science in solving the world's emerging water problems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005, 102(44):15715-15720.
18. Liu J.G., Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H. Global consumptive water use for crop production: the importance of green water and virtual water. Water Resources Research 2009, 45.
19. Malcolm, P., Fahd, R., 2009. Ground truthing of the Sydney vegetable industry in 2008. HAL Project Number VG07073.
20. Marris E. Water: more crop per drop. Nature 2008, 452(7185):273-277.
21. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis 2005, World Resources Institute, Island Press, Washington.
22. Murray Darling Basin Authority, 2010. Guide to the proposed basin plan. (accessed 09.01.11). http://thebasinplan.mdba.gov.au/.
23. Ness B., Urbel-Piirsalu E., Anderberg S., Olsson L. Categorising tools for sustainability assessment. Ecological Economics 2007, 60(3):498-508.
24. NSW Government, 2009. Types of greenhouses. (accessed 07.11.10). http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/greenhouse/structures/types.
25. Perry C. Efficient irrigation; inefficient communication; flawed recommendations. Irrigation and Drainage 2007, 56(4):367-378.
26. Pfister S., Koehler A., Hellweg S. Assessing the environmental impacts of freshwater consumption in LCA. Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43(11):4098-4104.
27. Ridoutt B.G., Pfister S. A revised approach to water footprinting to make transparent the impacts of consumption and production on global freshwater scarcity. Global Environmental Change 2010, 20:113-120.
28. Ridoutt B.G., Pfister S. Reducing humanity's water footprint. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44(16):6019-6021.
29. Rockstrom J., Steffen W., Noone K., Persson A., Chapin F.S., Lambin E.F., et al. A safe operating space for humanity. Nature 2009, 461(7263):472-475.
30. Rockstrom J., Falkenmark M., Karlberg L., Hoff H., Rost S., Gerten D. Future water availability for global food production: the potential of green water for increasing resilience to global change. Water Resources Research 2009, 45.
31. Scanlon B.R., Jolly I., Sophocleous M., Zhang L. Global impacts of conversions from natural to agricultural ecosystems on water resources: quantity versus quality. Water Resources Research 2007, 43(3).
32. Smakhtin V. Basin closure and environmental flow requirements. International Journal of Water Resources Development 2008, 24(2):227-233.
33. Tellegen, E., 2006. Sociology and sustainable development: a literature review. (accessed 09.01.11). http://www.dho.nl/documents/VR%20Sociology.pdf.
34. Venter G. Successful Hydroponics: 21st Century Technology for Commercial and Home Applications 2010, Xlibris Corporation, Dartford, UK.
35. Wallace J.S., Gregory P.J. Water resources and their use in food production systems. Aquatic Sciences 2002, 64(4):363-375.
36. World Bank, 2003. World development report 2003: overview: sustainable development in a dynamic world: transforming institutions, growth and quality of life. Washington, DC.
37. WWAP (World Water Assessment Program), 2009. The 3rd United Nations World Water Development Report: water in a changing world.
38. Zaragoza G., Buchholz M., Jochum P., Pérez-Parra J. Watergy project: towards a rational use of water in greenhouse agriculture and sustainable architecture. Desalination 2007, 211(1-3):296-303.
39. Zhang L., Dawes W.R., Walker G.R. Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale. Water Resources Research 2001, 37(3):701-708.