Crop-country specific AWARE water scarcity factors for 160 crops and global coverage

This work provides water scarcity estimates using the AWARE method, which is a recommended method to assess water scarcity footprints and water consumption in LCA The worksheets "ctry_crop_AWARE_CF" contains the AWARE CFs specific to the average crop growth patterns (regional and temporal distribution) for 160 crops for each country (details described below). These CFs can be applied to water consumption of crops grown in these countries, as it provides more specific evaluation than the country average AWARE CFs for agricultural production in Boulay et al. (2018). This data is e.g. used for the calculation of water scarcity result in Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) assessments of UNEP's IRP Global Resource Outlook (Oberle et al. 2019), the new version of UNEP's SCP-HAT tool (http://scp-hat-beta.fineprint.global/) and by Cabernard et al. 2019 & 2020)