Virtual water content for meat and egg production through livestock farming in Saudi Arabia

Virtual water content for meat and egg production through livestock farming in Saudi Arabia

Abstract The concept of virtual water content (VWC) may facilitate an understanding of total water demand for commodity production. The water consumption for livestock production forms a significant fraction of freshwater demand in arid regions, i.e., Saudi Arabia. In this paper, VWC was estimated f...

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Main Authors: Shakhawat Chowdhury, Omar K. M. Ouda, Maria P. Papadopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:Applied Water Science
Subjects:
Virtual water content
Water saving
Water resources management
Arid region
Livestock farming
Water demand
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-017-0631-4

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