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Table 3 Irrigated and rainfed cropland changes due to US ethanol production (1,000 ha)

From: The role of irrigation in determining the global land use impacts of biofuels

 

Unconstrained

Constrained

 

Irrigated

Rainfed

Irrigated

Rainfed

Regions

    

USA

2,166.5

−833.5

11.8

1,659.3

EU27

828.6

−475.0

1,094.8

−644.5

Brazil

3.5

244.5

3.9

270.0

Canada

6.3

397.2

6.4

549.3

Japan

0.8

2.5

1.3

3.9

China

167.0

−131.5

62.5

37.5

India

51.3

24.0

61.5

27.5

Central America

1.7

85.9

4.4

91.0

South America

0.9

136.2

4.7

180.6

East Asia

0.2

1.3

0.2

1.8

Malaysia-Indonesia

−0.2

−4.4

0.0

0.3

Rest of Southeast Asia

0.2

2.6

0.6

6.3

Rest of South Asia

3.6

16.6

1.3

23.6

Russia

4.9

−16.6

4.6

−34.1

E-Europe-RFSU

354.8

−253.5

0.0

−272.3

Other European regions

0.1

5.1

0.1

6.3

M-East-N-Africa

57.6

44.2

0.0

108.4

Sub-Saharan Africa

54.9

666.4

4.1

1,122.5

Oceania

−1.0

140.7

0.6

31.0

Total

3,701.8

52.7

1,262.6

3,168.2

  1. Obtained from unconstrained and constrained experiments.