The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society
Edited by Tony Allan, Brendan Bromwich, Anthony Colman, and Martin Keulertz. This book considers the interconnected issues of real water in the environment and “virtual water” in food value chains and investigates how society influences both fields. This perspective draws out considerable challenges for food security and for environmental stewardship in the context of ongoing global change. The book discusses these issues by region and with global overviews of selected commodities.
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Abstract
Society’s greatest use of water is in food production; a fact that puts farmers centre stage in global environmental management. Current management of food value chains, however, is not well set up to enable farmers to undertake their dual role of feeding a growing population and stewarding natural resources. The book considers the interconnected issues of real water in the environment and “virtual water” in food value chains and investigates how society influences both fields. This perspective draws out considerable challenges for food security and for environmental stewardship in the context of ongoing global change. The book discusses these issues by region and with global overviews of selected commodities. Innovation relevant to the kind of change needed for the current food system to meet future challenges is reviewed in light of the findings of the regional and thematic analysis.
Contents
This handbook is currently still in development, however individual articles have been published online in advance of print publication.
- Food, Water and Society: An Analytical Framework
Brendan Bromwich, Tony Allan, Tony Colman, and Martin Keulertz - Natural Capital Accounting for Water Resources
Matthew Agarwala and Michael Brock - Will Irrigation Technology, Pricing, or Quotas Ensure Sustainable Water Use?
Chris Perry - Green Water Used By Plants And Managed By Farmers: Measurement, Accounting, Policy
David Dent - Green Water and Food Security
Garrison Sposito - Global food Trade and Local Water Resources: Can We Bridge the Regulatory Gap?
Arjen Y. Hoekstra - Water Service Requirements for Agriculture: Nature, Nurture, and Negotiation
Carl Hausmann - Dietary Patterns that Value People and the Planet
Joanne Delaney Burke - Incentive Programs to Address the Challenges of Hunger, Undernutrition, and Obesity in the United States
August Schumacher and Emily Nink - Valuing Water in Food Systems and Beyond
Morgan, A.J., Orr, S., and Matthews, N. - Valuing Water in Supply Chains
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Christian A. Vousvouras, and Samuel Vionnet - Subsidies and the Environment: Impacts of WTO Agricultural Support Disciplines
Ulla Kask - The Potential Impact of Improved Water Management to Alleviate Water Scarcity and Hunger: A Global Perspective
Dieter Gerten and Jonas Jägermeyr - Water and Food in the American West: Lessons from Recent Droughts in California
Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay R. Lund, and Daniel A. Sumner - Food and Water Security in North America’s Transboundary Sonoran Desert: A Water-Exporting Dryland
America N. Lutz-Ley, Christopher A. Scott, Ryan H. Lee, and Yulia A. Peralta-Lugo - Water Issues and the Brazilian Agricultural Agenda
Vanessa Lucena Empinotti - Water in Australian Agriculture
James Horne - Food and Water Management in Northwest Africa
Mustapha Besbes, Jamel Chahed, and Abdelkader Hamdane - Food and Water Security in the Mediterranean Basin
Michel Petit and Philippe Le Grusse - Food and Water Management in Southern Africa
Johnston, PA and Chapman, RA - Food and Water Security in West Asia
Eckart Woertz - Global Wheat Value Chains
Duke University Center on Global Value Chains Ghada A. Ahmed - Water & Coffee
John Schluter - The Future of Rice
Phil Riddell and Biksham Gujja - Oil Palm Value Chain Management
Denis J Murphy - A Farmer’s Perspective on Sustainable Agriculture, Soil, and Water Health
A. J. (Tony) Reynolds - Farmer-led Water User Associations in Agricultural Water Management
Azza Dirar and Rami Zurayk - The Variable Rate Irrigation Management Challenge
J. Lowenberg-DeBoer - The Role of New and Green Water Resources in Localizing Water and Food Security Under Arid and Semiarid Conditions
Rabi H. Mohtar and Amjad T. Assi - The Water Infrastructure Crisis
Phil Riddell - Understanding Pesticides in England and Wales: Pathways, Policies, and Pollution Prevention
Frances Elwell Dr, Nicola Nineham, and Nikolaus Clemenz - Modelling Agricultural Controls for Flooding and Soil Erosion
Roger Moussa and Bruno Cheviron - Societal Drivers of Food and Water Systems 1: The Approach by Way of Material Flows, Household Consumption Styles, and Contending Schools of Engineering Thought
Michael Thompson, M. Bruce Beck, and Dipak Gyawali - Societal Drivers of Food and Water Systems 2: Applying Plural Rationality to Some Wicked Problems
M. Bruce Beck, Dipak Gyawali, and Michael Thompson - Disruptive Food Supply Chains: Bringing it all Back Home
Tony Beck - The Global Uptake of Conservation Agriculture and the Impact on Water-Related Ecosystem Services
Amir Kassam and David Coates - Water Management by Farmers
Laurence E. D. Smith - Gender, Poverty and Politics Along the Real-Virtual Water Spectrum
Floriane Clement, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and DYNAFOR, Université de Toulouse, INPT, INRA, Toulouse, France (INRA) and Alan Nicol, and IWMI
Link
Oxford Handbooks online website
Published
Mai 2018