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    Università della Svizzera italiana

    Managing the trade-off between groundwater resources and large-scale agriculture : the case of pistachio production in Iran

    Akhavan, Ali ; Gonçalves, Paulo

    In: System dynamics review, 2021, vol. 37, no. 2-3, p. 155-196

    Benefiting from historically favorable conditions (e.g. low costs, fertile land, and abundant water), pistachio producers in Rafsanjan, Iran, have flourished, with pistachio orchards and production growing dramatically since the 1970s. Today, however, the enormous increase in water consumption associated with pistachio production has severely depleted groundwater aquifers, causing widespread...