Abstract
We propose the concept of ‘agri-vector water’ (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 ‘blue water’ can be productively used in this way to support rainfed ‘green water’ 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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 432-450 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Water International |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 9 Apr 2021 |
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Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Ethiopia
- irrigation
- rainfed agriculture
- rural–urban linkages
- urban services
- Water allocation