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Table 4 Changes in US cropland by AEZ 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

Total

Irrigated

Rainfed

Total

AEZ

      

 AEZ1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ7

1,550.5

−1,349.2

201.3

0.0

291.7

291.7

 AEZ8

580.6

−449.9

130.7

0.0

183.7

183.7

 AEZ9

0.7

49.1

49.8

0.9

58.6

59.4

 AEZ10

8.6

469.8

478.4

9.9

541.3

551.2

 AEZ11

8.6

334.5

343.1

10.1

390.6

400.7

 AEZ12

−6.5

125.7

119.2

−9.0

176.6

167.6

 AEZ13

24.2

−18.4

5.8

0.0

11.6

11.6

 AEZ14

−0.3

4.6

4.3

0.0

4.7

4.7

 AEZ15

0.0

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.6

0.6

 AEZ16

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ17

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 AEZ18

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

2,166.5

−833.5

1,333.0

11.8

1,659.3

1,671.2

  1. Obtained from unconstrained and constrained experiments. The USA has no land in AEZ1 to AEZ6 and AEZ16 to AEZ18.