4.6 Article

Regional food security risk assessment under the coordinated development of water resources

Journal

NATURAL HAZARDS
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 603-619

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1735-5

Keywords

Water resources; Coordinated development; Food security; Per capita share of grain; Multi-agent-based model

Funding

  1. Ministry of Water Resources special funds for nonprofit industry research projects [201301096]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [E201241]
  3. Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talents
  4. Heilongjiang Province University Changjiang Scholars backup support projects
  5. Colleges and Universities in Heilongjiang Province New Century Excellent Talents Training Program [1155-NCET-004]
  6. Heilongjiang Provincial Water Conservancy Science and Technology Project [201318]
  7. Excellent Youth Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [JC201402]
  8. Heilongjiang Provincial Education Department [12531009]

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Agricultural water use plays an important role in maintaining food security. The present paper utilizes an agent-based model of the complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory for the dynamic simulation of four water resource utilization plans and was able to forecast the per capita food share, per capita income and water security rate under three climatic conditions in Heilongjiang Province, China, in 2020. The forecasts were performed under the broad principle of coordinated regional development and based on Heilongjiang's food production, water resources and population data 2003-2010. The measured data for Heilongjiang Province in 2011 were used to perform joint risk analyses of the forecast results. The results showed that the comprehensive plan combining technological innovation and policy control provides the best method of achieving food security under the three climatic conditions. However, compared to maintaining the status quo, this combination plan decreases by approximately 8 % under the three climatic conditions, but the per capita share of food and the rate of water security increase to over 10 and 20 %, respectively. Therefore, to further reduce the pressure on water resources in Heilongjiang Province and to lessen the impact of climate on food production, advanced technology and policy regulations should be increasingly integrated into various industries to ensure the sustainable supply of regional water resources for food production.

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