Lessons for Spain: a critical assessment of the role of Science and society (Foro Rosenberg)
- Resumen
- Spain's water policy has changed dramatically in the last twenty years. This rapid evolution has been accompanied by increased water availability and quality problems and significant changes in the irrigation sector. Water scarcity, together with significant changes in farm policy, has gradually changed the crops and irrigation techniques. However, in real terms farm production has not increased, although labour, water and land productivity have increased in recent years as consequence of the reforms that make irrigated agriculture more efficient. Despite the profound transformation occurring in just one decade, the non-agricultural academic community and the media have ignored the evolution and formed a very negative view of the farm sector. In this paper, after reviewing with some detail some of the most outstanding changes, we reflect about the Spanish critical view of the irrigation sector. In most regions, changes in irrigated agriculture reflect current societal values and are guided by political and economic drivers. These reforms are contributing to make irrigated agriculture more sustainable.
- Autor
- Garrido, Alberto; Iglesias, Ana
- Palabras Clave
- Agricultura de regadío, Planificación hidrológica, Sequías, Cambio climático, Política ambiental, España
- Idioma
- Inglés
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