dc.contributor | Rida, Fadel | en_US |
dc.contributor | Telleria, Roberto | en_US |
dc.contributor | Bruggeman, Adriana | en_US |
dc.creator | Aw-Hassan, Aden A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-10T00:39:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-10T00:39:28Z | |
dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/mYHkFTHE | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Aden A. Aw-Hassan, Fadel Rida, Roberto Telleria, Adriana Bruggeman. (29/3/2014). The impact of food and agricultural policies on groundwater use in Syria. Journal of Hydrology, 513, pp. 204-215. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5458 | |
dc.description.abstract | During the last three decades, the expansion of irrigation using both surface water and groundwater
resources has had an important positive impact on Syria’s agricultural production. It is an example of success
in achieving food policy objectives, but it has also introduced the challenge of groundwater sustainability.
This paper examines the trends in groundwater abstraction for irrigation and the effect of
government policies, including input subsidies – such as the diesel fuel subsidy and the crop procurement
price support. The fuel subsidy is an important driving force in groundwater depletion and overabstraction.
This analysis examines the interaction between policy signals and the use and allocation
of water by farmers. The rapid decline in groundwater resources shows the limitations of this agricultural
development strategy and questions its sustainability unless policies change and the rate of abstraction is
changed so as not exceed the recharge rate | en_US |
dc.format | PDF | en_US |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | en_US |
dc.source | Journal of Hydrology;513,(2014) Pagination 204,215 | en_US |
dc.subject | subsidy | en_US |
dc.title | The impact of food and agricultural policies on groundwater use in Syria | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2014-03-29 | en_US |
dcterms.extent | 204-215 | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Aw-Hassan, Aden A.: 0000-0002-9236-4949 | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | irrigation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | sustainability | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | groundwater | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | syria | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | energy | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | The Cyprus Institute | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CRP on Dryland Systems - DS | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Not Applicable | en_US |
cg.date.embargo-end-date | 2018-03-29 | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Asia | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | SY | en_US |
cg.contact | r.telleria@cgiar.org | en_US |
cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.043 | en_US |
cg.isijournal | ISI journal | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Limited access | en_US |
cg.journal | Journal of Hydrology | en_US |
cg.volume | 513 | en_US |