Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 308
• Main Authors: Booker, James F., Trees, W. Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Adaptation; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Climate change; Crops; Economic value added; Efficiency; Family income; Farm income; farm labor; Farmworkers; Food; Foreign labor; Households; Irrigation; Labor; Labor productivity; Labor supply; Migrant workers; Personal income; Sustainable development; Technological change; Water; water productivity; Water scarcity; Water supply; United States > US

Increasing water scarcity causes a variety of pressures on agricultural production given current and growing food demands. This paper seeks to add to our understanding of water scarcity adaptations by explicitly addressing linkages between water scarcity, water productivity, cropping choices, and fa...