From farm-level management to governance of landscapes: Climate, water and land use decisions in the plains of Southern South America (SGP-CRA 2031)

The project examines how land use decisions, such as choosing between pastures and agricultural crops, affect water table depth (WTD) and create interdependencies among neighboring farmers in the Argentine Pampas. Initial findings indicate that pastures lead to deeper groundwater levels compared to crops like soybean, wheat, and maize, and that farmers are generally willing to coordinate actions to manage groundwater as a common good.

• Land use choices significantly impact water table depth (WTD), with pastures consuming more water than agricultural crops such as maize, soybean, or wheat-soybean double crops, resulting in deeper groundwater levels.
• Agricultural activities consume similar amounts of water, and none of these activities provide a specific advantage as a strategy for preventing floods.
• Groundwater levels create a spatial interdependence where land use decisions on one farm affect the groundwater levels of neighboring farms; consequently, most farmers use groundwater measurements to inform their decisions and express a willingness to coordinate management of this common resource.

APA

Jobbágy, E., Bert, F., Rovere, S., Piñeiro, G., Nosetto, M., von Bernard, T., Mercau, J., Menéndez, A., García, P., Arora, P., Podestá, G., Zellner, M., Mazzilli, S., Berger, A., Wehlre, A., & Toranzo, F. R. (2013). From farm-level management to governance of landscapes: Climate, water and land use decisions in the plains of Southern South America (SGP-CRA 2031). Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_2031.pdf

Chicago

Jobbágy, Esteban, Federico Bert, Santiago Rovere, Gervasio Piñeiro, Marcelo Nosetto, Tamara von Bernard, Jorge Mercau, et al. From farm-level management to governance of landscapes: Climate, water and land use decisions in the plains of Southern South America (SGP-CRA 2031). Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2013. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_2031.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{jobbgy2013from, author = {Jobbágy, Esteban and Bert, Federico and Rovere, Santiago and Piñeiro, Gervasio and Nosetto, Marcelo and von Bernard, Tamara and Mercau, Jorge and Menéndez, Angel and García, Pablo and Arora, Poonam and Podestá, Guillermo and Zellner, Moira and Mazzilli, Sebastian and Berger, Andrés and Wehlre, Andrés and Toranzo, Fernando Ruiz}, title = {{From farm-level management to governance of landscapes: Climate, water and land use decisions in the plains of Southern South America (SGP-CRA 2031)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2013}, month = apr, url = {https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_2031.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }