Journal Article10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2014.10.075
Comparing local and global water scarcity information in determining the water scarcity footprint of potato cultivation in Great Britain
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the concept of water scarcity footprint to estimate the volume of blue water consumed in potato production in an average year for the potato growing regions of GB.
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About: This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production. The article was published on 15 Jan 2015. The article focuses on the topics: Farm water & Water scarcity.
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