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Understanding the Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus in Mixed Irrigation Regimes Using a Regional Hydroeconomic Optimization Modeling Framework by Kumar, Hemant, Zhu, Tingju, Sankarasubramanian, A.

“…Understanding the nexus between food, energy, and water systems (FEW) is critical for basins with intensive agricultural water use as they face significant…”
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Hydropower versus irrigation-an analysis of global patterns by Zeng, Ruijie, Cai, Ximing, Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Tingju

“…Numerous reservoirs around the world provide multiple flow regulation functions; key among these are hydroelectricity production and water releases for…”
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Climate change and agriculture in the Sudan: Impact pathways beyond changes in mean rainfall and temperature by Siddig, Khalid, Stepanyan, Davit, Wiebelt, Manfred, Grethe, Harald, Zhu, Tingju

“…Sudan is a country with a predominantly rainfed agriculture which is a major contributor to GDP, foreign exchange earnings, and livelihoods. However, with…”
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Water for Agriculture: Maintaining Food Security under Growing Scarcity by ROSEGRANT, Mark W, RINGLER, Claudia, TINGJU ZHU

“…Irrigated agriculture is the main source of water withdrawals, accounting for around 70% of all the world's freshwater withdrawals. The development of…”
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Hydroeconomic Optimization of Integrated Water and Salinity Management in an Arid Agricultural Region by Cao, Zhaodan, Zhu, Tingju, Cai, Ximing, Wang, Jinxia, Zhao, Yiyang, Zhao, Xiaoer

“…AbstractWater shortage and salinization are the main challenges confronted by irrigated agriculture in semiarid and arid regions. As one of the top-three…”
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Agricultural investments and hunger in Africa modeling potential contributions to SDG2 – Zero Hunger by Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Sulser, Timothy B., Wiebe, Keith, Rosegrant, Mark W., Lowder, Sarah K., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Willenbockel, Dirk, Robinson, Sherman, Zhu, Tingju, Cenacchi, Nicola, Dunston, Shahnila, Robertson, Richard D.

“…•Increased agricultural investments alone will not achieve SDG2 in Africa; complementary non-ag investments will be needed.•Climate change could lead to 16…”
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Water Market Development in the Yellow River Basin: Challenges and Opportunities by Chen, Yan, Yan, Yuhan, Zhu, Tingju

“…Water market development in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) unfolds new opportunities for alleviating water scarcity and improving water productivity. However,…”
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International trade buffers the impact of future irrigation shortfalls by Liu, Jing, Hertel, Thomas W., Taheripour, Farzad, Zhu, Tingju, Ringler, Claudia

“…•We use GTAP-BIO-W, a global CGE model with water, to study the impacts of future irrigation shortfalls.•Irrigation availability is predicted to drop by 30–60%…”
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Economywide impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Calzadilla, Alvaro, Zhu, Tingju, Rehdanz, Katrin, Tol, Richard S.J., Ringler, Claudia

“…Two possible adaptation scenarios to climate change for Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed under the SRES B2 scenario. The first scenario doubles the irrigated…”
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Review Analysis of Irrigation and Application of Remote Sensing in the Lower Mekong River Basin by Wang, Guanghui, Bibi, Sadia, Zhu, Tingju, Tian, Fuqiang, Olivares, Marcelo A.

“…Irrigated agriculture is indispensable to the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB), which ensures food security and provides livelihoods for tens of millions of…”
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Droughts in Pakistan: a spatiotemporal variability analysis using the Standardized Precipitation Index by Xie, Hua, Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Tingju, Waqas, Ahmad

“…We investigated the spatiotemporal variability of drought incidence in Pakistan during 1960–2007 by calculating Standardized Precipitation Index fields for 3-,…”
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What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach by You, Liangzhi, Ringler, Claudia, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Robertson, Richard, Wood, Stanley, Zhu, Tingju, Nelson, Gerald, Guo, Zhe, Sun, Yan

“…► Low irrigation contributes to Sub-Saharan Africa’s low agricultural productivity. ► We assess area potential with a combined bio-physical and socioeconomic…”
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The Impacts of Arable Land per Farmer on Water Markets in China by Wang, Yahua, Xu, Maosen, Zhu, Tingju

“…Water trading markets have been introduced in many countries as a means to alleviate water scarcity. However, the performance of water markets varies greatly…”
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Current Climate Variability and Future Climate Change: Estimated Growth and Poverty Impacts for Zambia by Thurlow, James, Zhu, Tingju, Diao, Xinshen

“…Economy‐wide and hydrological‐crop models are combined to assess the economic impacts of historical climate variability and future anthropogenic climate change…”
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability and Use in the Limpopo River Basin by Zhu, Tingju, Ringler, Claudia

“…This paper analyzes the effects of climate change on water availability and use in the Limpopo River Basin of Southern Africa, using a linked modeling system…”
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Climate warming and water management adaptation for California by TANAKA, Stacy K, TINGJU ZHU, LUND, Jay R, HOWITT, Richard E, JENKINS, Marion W, PULIDO, Manuel A, TAUBER, Mélanie, RITZEMA, Randall S, FERREIRA, Ines C

“…The ability of California's water supply system to adapt to long-term climatic and demographic changes is examined. Two climate warming and a historical…”
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Assessing the regional variability of GCM simulations by Cai, Ximing, Wang, Dingbao, Zhu, Tingju, Ringler, Claudia

“…While General Circulation Models (GCM) generally converge well at the global level, results for individual regions usually show a wide range of variation. This…”
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Climate change and agriculture: Impacts and adaptation options in South Africa by Calzadilla, Alvaro, Zhu, Tingju, Rehdanz, Katrin, Tol, Richard S.J., Ringler, Claudia

“…South Africa is likely to experience higher temperatures and less rainfall as a result of climate change. Resulting changes in regional water endowments and…”
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Green and blue water accounting in the Ganges and Nile basins: Implications for food and agricultural policy by Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Tingju, Msangi, Siwa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Most food globally is produced from soil moisture that comes exclusively from precipitation, or “green” water. Moreover, most of the water reaching plants in…”
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Climate change, urbanization, and optimal long-term floodplain protection by Zhu, T, Lund, J.R, Jenkins, M.W, Marques, G.F, Ritzema, R.S

“…1 This paper examines levee-protected floodplains and economic aspects of adaptation to increasing long-term flood risk due to urbanization and climate change…”
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