The vulnerabilities of agricultural land and food production to future water scarcity

•We examine risks to current agricultural land to future changes in water availability.•We present a multiple model inter-comparison of future land demand and water availability.•Eleven percent of croplands and ten percent of grasslands are at risk from declining water availability.•Changes in diet...

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Published in:	Global environmental change Vol. 58; no. C; p. 101944
Main Authors:	Fitton, N., Alexander, P., Arnell, N., Bajzelj, B., Calvin, K., Doelman, J., Gerber, J.S., Havlik, P., Hasegawa, T., Herrero, M., Krisztin, T., van Meijl, H., Powell, T., Sands, R., Stehfest, E., West, P.C., Smith, P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2019 Elsevier Science Ltd Elsevier
Subjects:	Africa Agricultural expansion Agricultural land Agricultural production Agricultural wastes Agriculture Availability China economic productivity ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Europe Food Food consumption Food production Food security Food waste Grass Grasses Insecurity issues and policy Land loss Land use Meat meat consumption Middle East population growth Production Productivity Reduction risk Risk reduction Scarcity Shared socio-economic pathways Uncertainty Water Water availability Water scarcity water shortages Water supply Middle East China Europe Africa Shared socio-economic pathways Water availability Food security Land use
ISSN:	0959-3780, 1872-9495
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