Water, Food and Welfare

The contemporary model for water management and the alternative approaches.- Socioeconomic framework.- Water policy and institutions.- Water use for food purposes.- Water resources inventory and implications of irrigation modernization.- Manifestations of welfare loss.- Prices and water.- A strategy with limited effectiveness.- Water use pattern.- Change in the dietary pattern and water security.- Hydrological Stress and Pressures on Water Availability.- Problems associated to groundwater management.- Vulnerability and Climate Change.- Water demand of major crops.- A methodology.- Gray water footprint and water pollution.- Gray footprint and mining.- Impact of metal extraction on water.- Considerations on virtual water and agri-food trade.- Water footprint of four cereals in Irrigated District 011.- Forage water footprint in the Comarca Lagunera.- Water footprint in livestock.- Water footprint of bottled drinks of and food security.