@article{f2da1767c2dd43a9a0a3be7bc296e895,
title = "Agri-vector water: boosting rainfed agriculture with urban water allocation to support urban–rural linkages",
abstract = "We propose the concept of {\textquoteleft}agri-vector water{\textquoteright} (AVW) to refer to water allocated to towns to maintain urban-based agricultural services that support rainfed farming in surrounding areas. AVW captures the idea that highly scarce {\textquoteleft}blue water{\textquoteright} can be productively used in this way to support rainfed {\textquoteleft}green water{\textquoteright} rather than be applied as consumptive irrigation, especially when the latter exacerbates water shortages during drought and dry seasons in arid and semi-arid regions. To illustrate, we present two case studies from Ethiopia.",
keywords = "Ethiopia, irrigation, rainfed agriculture, rural–urban linkages, urban services, Water allocation",
author = "Lankford, {Bruce A.} and Grasham, {Catherine F.}",
note = "Catherine Grasham thanks the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for its financial support of her research. Support was also gratefully received from Funds for Women Graduates (FfWG) and the Hilda Martindale Trust. The authors are grateful to the people that participated in this research, without whom it would not have been possible. We would like to acknowledge Sisay Mesfin, Fethiya Ahmed, Negesso Jima and Teferi Tilahun for field research assistance. The authors are also very thankful to the anonymous referees for their comments.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1080/02508060.2021.1902686",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "432--450",
journal = "Water International",
issn = "0250-8060",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}
