Evaluation Indicators on Water-use Sustainability in Irrigated Paddy Farming

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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It is important to adopt a common international understanding and perspective in the agreement on the environmental impact of agricultural water-use in the regions of the world. This paper investigates water-use sustainability as a measure of the impact on the environment and natural resources of irrigated paddy farming in 31 countries and regions of the world. A quantification theory was used to analyze the main simplified factors in water-use sustainability. A methodology and overall indicators for the evaluation on a national scale are proposed from an international comparison on water-use sustainability. The study provides a valuable insight into the international agreements on the relationship between agriculture and water resources.

Date of issued
Creator NAKA Tatsuo ISHIDA Kenji FUJII Hideto TAKAGI Azuma
Subject

impact of agriculture

international environmental agreement

water resources

Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
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NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 41
Issue 3
spage 233
epage 245
DOI 10.6090/jarq.41.233
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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