The Virtual Water concept has long been used as an important indicator of water consumption, increasingly being accepted in the literature, becoming the embedded water in the production of a good or service. In order to ...

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 ...

This research brings an approach of the quantifyingof virtual water built-in food in different forms of production and trading. This theme suggests new fronts of analysis in the researchof water resources,bringing the water ...

Water is a major input used directly and indirectly by the different sectors of the economy to produce goods and services. The use of this resource as a productive input is known as virtual water. This concept was developed ...

Freshwater availability has decreased alarmingly worldwide, with agriculture playing a vital role in this trend. The assessment of the agricultural water footprint (WFagricultural) and virtual water flows (VWF) is fundamental ...

One of the main consequences of population growth on the environment is the water shortage. Because water is such a valuable asset for human life, it is increasingly necessary to use water resources management tools. Water ...

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 ...

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 ...