آمارنامۀ کشاورزی محصولات زراعی. 1390. وزارت جهاد کشاورزی.
براون، ل. 1387. ترجمۀ طراوتی، ح. طرح امید، آینده و محیط‌زیست، نشر جهاد دانشگاهی مشهد.
سازمان مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی کشور. 1385. «مجموعۀ اسناد ملی توسعه در برنامۀ چهارم توسعۀ اقتصادی، اجتماعی و فرهنگی جمهوری اسلامی ایران»، سند توسعۀ بخشی «آب».
شفیعی، م. 1390. «چشم‌انداز منابع زیست و آب در ایران با نگاهی به شرایط جهانی و چالش‌های کنونی»، گزارش راهبردی 135، مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک.
فرشی، ع.، شریعتی، م. جاراللهی، ر.، قائمی، م.، شهابی فر، م.، تولایی، م. 1376. برآورد آب موردنیاز گیاهان عمدۀ زراعی و باغی کشور، جلد اول، انتشارات مؤسسۀ تحقیقات خاک و آب.
Abu-Sharar, T.M., Al-Karablieh, E.K. and Haddadin, M.J. 2012. Role of virtual water in optimizing water resources management in Jordan. Water Resources Management, 26(14): pp. 3977–3993.
Aldaya, M.M., Allan, J.A. and Hoekstra, A.Y. 2010. Strategic importance of green water in international crop trade. Ecological Economics, 69(4): pp. 887–894.
Allan, J. 2003. Virtual water eliminates water war?Acase study from the Middle east.
Allan, T. 1997. Virtual water: a long-term solution for water short Middle Eastern economies. university of london: Water Issues Group.
Bulsink, F., Hoekstra, A.Y. and Booij, M.J. 2010. The water footprint of Indonesian provinces related to the consumption of crop products. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14(1): pp. 119–128.
Chapagain, A.K., Hoekstra, A.Y., and Savenije, H.H.G. 2005. Water saving through international trade of agricultural products. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2: pp. 2219-2251.
El-Gafy, I.K. 2014. System Dynamic Model for Crop Production, Water Footprint, and Virtual Water Nexus, Water Resources Management, 28: pp. 4467–4490.
Hoekstra, A.Y. and Chapagain, A.K. 2007. The water footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands: global water use as a result of domestic consumption of agricultural commodities. Ecological Economics, 64(1): pp. 143–151.
Hoekstra, A. and Hung, P. 2002. Virtual water trade,A quantification of virtual water flows between nations in relation to international crop trade,Value of Water Research Report Series No. 11. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands.
Mekonnen, M. and Hoekstra, A. 2010. A global and high-resolution assessment of the green,blue and grey water footprint of wheat,Value of Water Research Report Series No. 42. UNESCO-IHE,the Netherlands.
Mekonnen, M. and Hoekstra, A. 2011. National water footprint accounts:The green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption ,Value of Water Research Report Series No. 50. UNESCO-IHE, Delft,the Netherlands.
Starr, G. and Levison, J. 2014. Identification of Crop Groundwater and Surface Water Consumption Using Blue and Green Virtual Water Contents at a Subwatershed Scale, Environmental Processes. 1: pp. 497–515.
Xiaoling, S., Jianfang, L. and Singh, V.P. 2014. Optimal Allocation of Agricultural Water Resources Based on Virtual Water Subdivision in Shiyang River Basin, Water Resources Management, 28: pp. 2243–2257.
Yoo, S., Choi, J.Y., Kim, T.G., Im, J.B. and Chun, C.H. 2009. Estimation of crop virtual water in Korea. Journal of Korean Water Resources Association, 42(11): pp. 911–920.
World Bank. 2006. World Development Indicators.
Zhang, C., McBean, E.A. and Huang, J. 2014. A Virtual Water Assessment Methodology for Cropping Pattern Investigation, Water Resources Management, 28: pp. 2331–2349.
)