Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 7352-7365Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16179-1
Keywords
Revenue risk; Climate change; Environmental indicators; Groundwater salinity; Target-Motad-PMP model
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [71873100]
- Shaanxi agricultural collaborative innovation and promotion alliance [LMZD201804, LMZD202006]
- Major Cultivation Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Fundamental Research Foundation by Northwest AF University [2452019155]
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This study focuses on evaluating the impact of groundwater salinity and climate change on farmers' revenue in Pakistan, predicting a decreasing trend in future income and shadow prices of water under different climate scenarios. The importance of environmental indicators in decision-making process is emphasized, with consideration of the significance of water use sub-index in the study area.
Globally, agricultural productivity is adversely impacted due to climatic changes as the temperatures rises and precipitation decreases, and especially in Pakistan, which ultimately enhanced groundwater salinity and harmed water quality in the country. However, the impacts of groundwater salinity and climate change on farmers' revenue have not been fully understood in Pakistan. Therefore, the focus of current research is the assessment of shadow price of water, farmers' revenue, and socioeconomic and environmental indicators affected by variations in groundwater salinity, precipitation, and temperature. The estimation of crop yield sensitivity to groundwater salinity, precipitation, and temperature and their prediction for 2030, 2040, and 2050 time periods was accomplished through the technique of General Maximum Entropy and Response-Yield function. Moreover, the assessment of groundwater quality and climate variable impacts on socioeconomic and environmental indicators was obtained through Target Motad-PMP model. In the end, the most suitable climate change scenario in the study area was established by applying a multi-criteria decision-making method. The results revealed that groundwater salinity and temperature expressed a significantly increasing trend with the Z values of 5.82 and 2.15, respectively. While the precipitation depicted a significantly decreasing trend (Z value = -3.37). The negative impact of climatic changes and groundwater salinity was revealed for revenue risk and shadow prices of water. The most negative impact on income risk and shadow prices is during 2050 horizon with a decrease by 11.4 and 19.4% respectively. The environmental index is the most important with a priority of 43.4% compared to the socio-economic indicators. The sub-index water use is also significant in the study area with a priority of 28.1%. A2 is the most appropriate climate scenario conferring to the TOPSIS ranking method. Therefore, the A2 scenario should be taken into account for the policy of adaptation to the climate change wonder in district Kohat.
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