Aligning agriculture, groundwater sustainability, carbon neutrality, and the basin-integrated management of water-resources systems is a critical need for our nation’s critical food-producing areas. Transforming the traditionally disjointed decision-making in these separate sectors, using an integrated framework that takes advantage of interdependencies and promotes shared understanding, is both challenging and achievable. Transparent data and information, integrated through credible, management-focused modeling tools, provide a foundation for conducting alternative futures analyses, building decision support, and ultimately promoting more resilient FEWS decision-making.
