Water-land-Food Production System Interconnections

Abstract

Water-land-food (WLF) is a fundamental resource that supports human survival and development. In the 21st century, with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization in developing countries, the phenomena of industrial water use squeezing agricultural water use and land encroachment by construction land are very common. To a certain extent, this has aggravated the problems of irrational allocation of water resources in the production system, shortage of land resources and food security. Against this background, this study, based on a large number of literature searches, firstly, summarizes the research progress of water-land-food production system. Secondly, from the perspective of "interconnectedness" of WLF, we summarize the basic resource relationships among the three production systems and construct a systematic study of WLF production systems. Finally, based on the comparison with related studies, it is proposed that the future research focus of WLF production system includes: (1) Regional WLF production system research. (2) Resource regulation of regional WLF production system. (3) benign development of WLF production system under ecological environment. (4) Sustainability of WLF production system under food security.