The Andes basins: biophysical and developmental diversity in a climate of change
To understand how agriculture and poverty interact, we analysed water availability, productivity and institutions for the Andes basins. Water limits agricultural productivity in the southern basins but is plentiful in the northern basins where steep slopes or poor land and water management limit pro...
- Autores:
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Mulligan, Mark
Hyman, Glenn
García, James
León, Juan Gabriel
Guttierez, Tatiana
Rubiano, Jorge
White, Douglas
Saravia, Miguel
Selvaraj, John J.
Saenz Cruz, Luis Leonardo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2010
- Institución:
- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
- Repositorio:
- RED: Repositorio Educativo Digital UAO
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:red.uao.edu.co:10614/12173
- Acceso en línea:
- http://red.uao.edu.co//handle/10614/12173
- Palabra clave:
- Agua en agricultura
Water in agriculture
Andes
Water productivity
Poverty
Development
Climate change
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Derechos Reservados - International Water Resources Association, 2010
| Summary: | To understand how agriculture and poverty interact, we analysed water availability, productivity and institutions for the Andes basins. Water limits agricultural productivity in the southern basins but is plentiful in the northern basins where steep slopes or poor land and water management limit productivity. The dominance of small, steep basins results in important upstream–downstream linkages. The greatest challenge to improving the productivity of water in the Andes basins is to regulate water quality better for multiple uses and to negotiate fair and transparent compensation for upstream providers of water-based ecosystem services for the benefits that they provide to downstream users. |
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