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The delusive accuracy of global irrigation water withdrawal estimates

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Modelling of irrigation water withdrawals aims for accurate and relatively objective estimates, but three epistemological obstacles (models’ elusive tie to reality, model plurality and indeterminacy of the target system) make this premise unattainable. However, if used to explore possibilities within the known and unknown, irrigation models can overcome these problems to inform action
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0000-0001-9469-2156
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University of Oxford
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0000-0001-8004-1985
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University of Oxford
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0000-0002-2024-9191
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/100010661
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792178


Publisher:
Nature Research
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Nature Communications More from this journal
Volume:
13
Issue:
1
Pages:
3183-3183
Article number:
3183
Publication date:
2022-06-08
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EISSN:
2041-1723
ISSN:
2041-1723


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1263233
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pubs:1263233
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W4281628976
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2026-04-24
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