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

This fact sheet describes a research project investigating the bidirectional relationships between climate, land use, and groundwater in the Pampas region, specifically focusing on the northwest portion of the Río Salado basin in Argentina.

• Research indicates that land use significantly influences water table depth (WTD) dynamics, with pastures consuming more water than agricultural crops such as maize, soybean, and wheat-soybean double crops, which results in deeper groundwater levels.
• The study found that all agricultural activities consume similar amounts of water and none serve as an effective flooding-prevention strategy. Furthermore, land use decisions made at one farm impact groundwater levels on neighboring farms, creating interdependence among spatially-close decision-makers.
• Most farmers utilize groundwater level measurements to inform their land use decisions and express a willingness to coordinate actions to manage groundwater as a common good. To support this, a crowd-sourced web-based platform called "Red mate" is being developed for spatial and temporal monitoring of WTD.

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} }