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dc.date.accessioned2017-01-03T16:51:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-03T16:51:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-27
dc.identifier.issn2197-411X
dc.identifier.uriurn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2016111451473
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2016111451473
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDepartment of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW)eng
dc.rightsUrheberrechtlich geschützt
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectClimate Changeeng
dc.subjectRatio of crop intensificationeng
dc.subjectRatio of actual to potential yieldeng
dc.subjectWater footprinteng
dc.subjectEconomic water productivityeng
dc.subjectAdaptation measureseng
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.titleClimate change adaptation solutions for the green sectors of selected zones in the MENA regioneng
dc.typeAufsatz
dcterms.abstractIn this paper, we propose climate adaptation solutions for the green sectors in three different zones of MENA: Egypt’s Delta (irrigated), Karak, in the highlands of Jordan (rainfed), and Lebanon’s Orontes basin (mixed: rainfed-irrigated). We analysed land use and crop intensification, and calculated the economic productivity of water – a critical scarce resource in MENA. By integrating the results with evidence from literature on the potential impacts of climate change and socio-economic factors, we could identify vulnerability levels of the three regions and propose adaptation measures relying of the concept of the “food-water-energy nexus.” While the vulnerability levels are found to be high in the Delta (Egypt) and Karak (Jordan), mainly due to water scarcity and poor adaptive capacity, the vulnerability level is moderate in the Orontes zone (Lebanon) due to a diversified agricultural sector and good market development, coupled with moderate water scarcity. Proposed adaptation solutions range from measures to improve technical efficiency, to measures that encourage economically efficient allocation by use of market forces. For both cases, the development of market opportunities is emphasized to make the proposed measures attractive to farmers.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIn: Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society. Witzenhausen : University of Kassel, Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture. - Vol. 4, No. 3 (2016), S. 39 - 54
dcterms.creatorElbehri, Aziz
dcterms.creatorSadiddin, Ahmad


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