Assessment of food trade impacts on water, food,  and land security in the MENA region

Lee, Sang-Hyun; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Yoo, Seung-Hwan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-557-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-557-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-557-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

Research article

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30 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2019

Assessment of food trade impacts on water, food, and land security in the MENA region

Sang-Hyun Lee, Rabi H. Mohtar, and Seung-Hwan Yoo

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments on the manuscript', Marc Walther, 12 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the referees for hess-2018-398', Sang-Hyun Lee, 13 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Detailed review', Trent W. Biggs, 21 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to the referees for hess-2018-398', Sang-Hyun Lee, 13 Jan 2019
AC2: 'Reply to the referees for hess-2018-398', Sang-Hyun Lee, 13 Jan 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (15 Jan 2019) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Sanghyun Lee on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jan 2019) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Sanghyun Lee on behalf of the Authors (21 Jan 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

In this study, we quantified the holistic impacts of food trade on food security and water–land savings and revealed that the MENA region saved significant amounts of national water and land based on the import of barley, maize, rice, and wheat within the period from 2000 to 2012. In addition, the MENA region focused more on increasing the volume of virtual water imported during the period 2006–2012, yet little attention was paid to the expansion of connections with country exporters.