Global exports draining local water resources: land concentration, food exports and water grabbing in the Ica Valley (Peru)

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dc.contributor.authorPronti, A.
dc.contributor.authorZegarra, E.
dc.contributor.authorRey Vicario, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Anil
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-22T12:57:09Z
dc.date.available2024-04-22T12:57:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-07
dc.description.abstractThe agro-export boom is threatening the sustainability of water resources in many regions around the world. This is the case of the Ica valley in Peru, where in the last decades traditional agriculture has been replaced by big agricultural businesses to meet the growing international food demand. This has led to increasing land concentration by large exporting farms jointly with an increase in groundwater exploitation for irrigation. In this paper, we analyze the effect of land concentration, exporting crop specialization and irrigation intensity on groundwater sustainability using an econometric approach. Our findings highlighted an inverse relation between groundwater sustainability in terms of water withdrawal in the Ica Valley and the intensity of irrigation (drip technology), commodity specialization and concentration of large farms. More research is needed to fully understand the impacts of this very important economic activity on Peru’s natural resources, to ensure its sustainability in the long term.en_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through the NEXT-AG project (Nexus thinking for sustainable agricultural development in Andean countries) (NE/R015759/1).en_UK
dc.identifier.citationPronti A, Zegarra E, Vicario DR, Graves A. (2024) Global exports draining local water resources: land concentration, food exports and water grabbing in the Ica Valley (Peru). World Development, Volume 177, May 2024, Article number 106557en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5991
dc.identifier.issn0305-750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106557
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21246
dc.language.isoen_UKen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleGlobal exports draining local water resources: land concentration, food exports and water grabbing in the Ica Valley (Peru)en_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-01-19

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