The role of ‘virtual water’ in efforts to achieve food security and other national goals, with an example from Egypt

By D. Wichelns. 2001

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Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology

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Global virtual water trade and the hydrological cycle: patterns, drivers, and socio-environmental impacts (2019, background): “However, VWT reflects more (and is possibly driven by) the opportunity cost of water, i.e. the cost of the best alternative, rather than its comparative advantage, i.e. the lower opportunity costs relative to other countries (Wichelns 2001).”
Virtual water trade : A quantification of virtual water flows between nations in relation to international crop trade (2003, background): “List of participants of the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade Contributors Abbaspour, K.C. Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) Überlandstrasse 133, P.O. Box 611, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland E-mail karim.abbaspour@eawag.ch Allan, J.A. School o”
Virtual water trade: an assessment of water use efficiency in the international food trade (2006, background): “This strategy has been particularly efﬁcient when the world prices of food commodities are lower than the cost of production in the food importing countries (Wichelns, 2001; Qadir et al., 2003).”
Water saving through international trade of agricultural products (2005, unknown): “EGU concentrate or specialize in the production of goods and services for which they have a comparative advantage, while importing goods and services for which they have a comparative disadvantage (Wichelns, 2001, 2004).”
Yield Gap and Production Gap of Rainfed Winter Wheat in the Southern Great Plains (2014, background): “Since grain production fluctuates more than grain yield, there is a need to study the influence of weather on regional wheat production to better understand and forecast the role of the SGP region in global food security and economics (Lobell et al., 2008; Wichelns, 2001).”
Going against the flow: A critical analysis of inter-state virtual water trade in the context of India’s National River Linking Program (2009, background): “Theory of comparative advantage Hoekstra (2003) referring to Wichelns (2001) , observed that ‘‘the economic argument behind virtual water trade is that, according to international trade theory, nations should export products in which they possess a relative or comparative advantage in production, w”
Virtual Water: A Helpful Perspective, but not a Sufficient Policy Criterion (2010, background): “Wichelns (2001) describes virtual water as an application”
Virtual Water - the Water, Food, and Trade Nexus. Useful Concept or Misleading Metaphor? (2003, background): “The idea has been elaborated more recently for Israel (Yegnes-Botzer, 2001) and for Egypt (Wichelns, 2001).”
Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change (2010, background): “A commonly held view articulates that local food security through food self-sufficiency is a misguided concept in today’s globalized world (Wichelns, 2001).”