Assessing Virtual Water Trade Balance of Agricultural Products (A Case Study of Mazandaran province)

According to World Bank Report (2021), the agricultural sector consumes 70 percent of global freshwater. Therefore, managing and exploiting water resources optimally as well future planning in this is necessary. Limited access endowments, unequal distribution resources, climate changes increasing demand have increased importance issue. Aware situation, main purpose study investigate virtual balance selected products Mazandaran Province with Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) 2018. In paper, by using CROPWAT OPTIWAT software, first requirement plants has been calculated then, processing data foreign trade province CIS, for measured. The results present show that CIS 2018 was 2816.76 million cubic meters, which indicates overall saved national resources.The policy recommendation pay special attention its combination upstream documents order conserve social, economic environmental sustainability.