This work comes to fill a knowledge gap regarding the sustainability of the lemon industry. The motivation is the prominent role of the citrus sector in the economy of the northwest of Argentina and in the world: Argentina ...

Amid the growing population, climate change and decreasing water availability, water resources planning faces the challenge of achieving efficient and equitable water use, mainly in food production, its greatest consumer. ...

The water footprint is an indicator of freshwater resources appropriation which brings valuable insight about the environmental impact of consuming a given product. The aim of this study is to quantify the water footprint ...

Agriculture is the largest fresh water consuming sector, and maize is the most produced and consumed crop worldwide. The water footprint (WF) methodology quantifies and evaluates the water volumes consumed and polluted by ...

The term "Water Footprint", makes reference to the total volume of freshwater required in the production of different goods and services that a human being, a society or a country consume. When is about calculating the ...

The sugar-alcohol industry plays a key role in the economics of the province of Tucuman (Argentina). For that reason, the quantification of water volumes consumed during sugarcane growing as well as the water used in the ...

El indicador de la huella hídrica mide el volumen de agua consumida o contaminada en un proceso productivo y resulta útil para evaluar la sustentabilidad de dicha producción. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo calcular la ...