Articles | Volume 24, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3015-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3015-2020
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09 Jun 2020
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Changing global cropping patterns to minimize national blue water scarcity

Hatem Chouchane, Maarten S. Krol, and Arjen Y. Hoekstra

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Previous studies on water saving through food trade focussed either on comparing water productivities among countries or on analysing food trade in relation to national water endowments. Here, we consider, for the first time, both differences in water productivities and water endowments to analyse national comparative advantages. Our study reveals that blue water scarcity can be reduced to sustainable levels by changing cropping patterns while maintaining current levels of global production.