@article{b6d19212a5944d9ea400ac5feddc0c2a,
title = "Assessing agriculture-water links at the basin scale: Hydrologic and economic models of the S{\~a}o Francisco River Basin, Brazil",
abstract = "This article uses a basin-wide hydrologic model to assess the hydrologic and economic effects of expanding agriculture in the Sao Francisco River Basin, Brazil. It then uses a basin-wide economic model of agriculture to examine the effects of implementing water use regulations. Preliminary results suggest that substantially expanding agriculture would put pressure on some of the river's environmental flows. Agricultural output and rural employment would increase, though not in spatially uniform ways. The economic model demonstrates how cropping area, crop mix and production technology respond simultaneously to water shortages. While farmers can adjust, the costs of doing so may be beyond the reach of resource-poor farmers.",
keywords = "Basin-wide water management, Brazil, Economic model of agriculture, Hydrologic modelling, Water policy",
author = "Marco Maneta and Marcelo Torres and Vosti, {Stephen A.} and Wallender, {Wesley W.} and Summer Allen and Bassoi, {Lu{\'i}s H.} and Lisa Bennett and Richard Howitt and Lineu Rodrigues and Julie Young",
note = "Funding Information: This research project is sponsored in part by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), whose support we gratefully acknowledge. We also gratefully acknowledge financial support from Center for Natural Resources Policy Analysis at the University of California, Davis, and the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa). The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the supporting agencies.",
year = "2009",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1080/02508060802669496",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "88--103",
journal = "Water International",
issn = "0250-8060",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}