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University of Georgia study examined feasibility of expanding vegetable production in Georgia .
Study examined four major row crops grown in Georgia ’s Lower Flint River Basin .
An acre of vegetables requires between 70% and 100% more water than corn and between 200% and 300% more than cotton and peanut.
Study was designed to provide insight into how the environmental impacts of agricultural production would change with a shift.
An increase in vegetable production in south Georgia would increase pressure on groundwater and surface water resources.
The study examined how production inputs such as fertilizers and pesticide applications would change and the potential ecological impacts.
Vegetables are a lot more water-intensive than the cotton, corn, peanuts and soybeans that we currently grow.
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