The water footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands

Although bulk water itself is not a tradable commodity, agricultural commodities – that generally consume a lot of water during production – are increasingly being traded. As a result, water use within a nation is no longer an appropriate indicator of national water demand, at least not if one takes the consumer’s perspective. The aim of the paper is to assess the water footprints of Morocco, a semi-arid / arid country, and the Netherlands, a humid country. The water footprint of a country is defined as the volume of water needed for the production of the goods and services consumed by the inh... Mehr ...