@article{ajwr2019713,
author={{Alamri, Yosef and Reed, Michael},
title={Estimating Virtual Water Trade in Crops for Saudi Arabia},
journal={American Journal of Water Resources},
volume={7},
number={1},
pages={16--22},
year={2019},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajwr/7/1/3},
issn={2333-4819},
abstract={Using the concept of virtual water introduced by Allan 1994 and developed by Hoekstra and Hung (2002), we estimate virtual water trade for 20 crops of Saudi Arabia during 2000-2016. Our result shows the average virtual water trade was 12.6 billion m<SUP>3</SUP>/year. Saudi had net virtual water imports, with the most significant virtual water import for cereals &amp; alfalfa and vegetable; and there is a virtual water export of fruit. Saudi virtual water trade reduced pressure on water resources by 54%. Distance plays a role in Saudi virtual water export; we found that more than 90% of exports go to neighboring countries, including 45% to GCC countries. On the other hand, more than 40% of virtual water imports came from Asia.},
doi={10.12691/ajwr-7-1-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}