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Luigi Pari, Luca Cozzolino and Simone Bergonzoli
Many climatic variables are projected to occur with more intense and frequent extreme events, possibly unpredictable patterns and negative feedback loops with other environmental processes. Agriculture has faced uncertainty regarding ground temperature a...
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Muhammad Muzammil, Azlan Zahid and Lutz Breuer
Agriculture of Pakistan relies on the Indus basin, which is facing severe water scarcity conditions. Poor irrigation practices and lack of policy reforms are major threats for water and food security of the country. In this research, alternative water-sa...
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Francesco Cavazza, Francesco Galioto, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi
Several studies address the topic of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption in irrigated agriculture. Many of these studies testify on the growing importance of ICT in influencing the evolution of the sector, especially by bringing dow...
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Sara Masia, Janez Su?nik, Serena Marras, Simone Mereu, Donatella Spano and Antonio Trabucco
Climate change in Mediterranean countries is anticipated to have a strong impact on water availability by exacerbating drought conditions and water scarcity. In this context, efficient irrigation practices are becoming essential for sustaining crop produ...
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Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Luxon Nhamo, Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo, Charles Nhemachena, Aidan Senzanje, Dhesigen Naidoo and Albert T Modi
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Sara Masia, Janez Su?nik, Serena Marras, Simone Mereu, Donatella Spano and Antonio Trabucco
Climate change in Mediterranean countries is anticipated to have a strong impact on water availability by exacerbating drought conditions and water scarcity. In this context, efficient irrigation practices are becoming essential for sustaining crop produ...
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Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Luxon Nhamo, Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo, Charles Nhemachena, Aidan Senzanje, Dhesigen Naidoo and Albert T Modi
Increasing agricultural productivity has always been a prominent feature on the regional agenda due to a high incidence of food and nutrition insecurity. This review assessed the current status of irrigated agriculture in southern Africa from a water?ene...
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Xue Zhao, Wanghai Tao, Lijun Su, Yan Sun, Zhi Qu, Weiyi Mu, Changkun Ma and Yuyang Shan
Irrigation guarantee capacity is the critical factor in evaluating the development level of irrigated agriculture and is also a future development trend. It is necessary to carry out scientific planning and reasonable allocation of irrigation water resou...
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Carlos Bautista-Capetillo, Georgia Aralú González Pérez, Hiram Badillo Almaraz and Aldo López Valle
Civilizations have been able to bloom because of the way they have been historically associated with water resources, especially in seeking strategies to ensure a supply to diverse sectors that require them. Thus, challenges in satisfying water demand ar...
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Cristina-Alejandra Villamar, Ismael Vera-Puerto, Diego Rivera and Felipe De la Hoz
Chile is an agricultural power, but also one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and water shortage. About 50% of the irrigated agriculture land in Chile is in the central zone, thanks to its agricultural-climatic characteristics that prov...
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Steven G. Pueppke, Qingling Zhang and Sabir T. Nurtazin
Central Asia?s Ili River is fed by mountain streams that flow down into an isolated and arid basin that today is shared by Kazakhstan and China. Agriculture in the basin is dependent upon irrigation, which was practiced as long ago as the Iron Age, when ...
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Niels Thevs, Eva Strenge, Kumar Aliev, Maksat Eraaliev, Petra Lang, Azim Baibagysov and Jianchu Xu
In Central Asia, agriculture, notably irrigated agriculture, is the largest water consumer. Currently, flood and furrow irrigation are the dominant irrigation methods in Central Asia, in particular in the post-Soviet countries. Against the background of ...
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Daniele Masseroni, Sandra Ricart, Francisco Ramirez De Cartagena, Joaquim Monserrat, José Manuel Gonçalves, Isabel De Lima, Arianna Facchi, Guido Sali and Claudio Gandolfi
Traditionally, most irrigation practices in Southern Europe have been based on gravity-fed surface irrigation systems. Currently, these systems remain a relevant typology in the European Union (EU) member states of the Mediterranean areas, where it is of...
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Daniele Masseroni, Sandra Ricart, Francisco Ramirez de Cartagena, Joaquim Monserrat, José Manuel Gonçalves, Isabel de Lima, Arianna Facchi, Guido Sali, Claudio Gandolfi
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Traditionally, most irrigation practices in Southern Europe have been based on gravity-fed surface irrigation systems. Currently, these systems remain a relevant typology in the European Union (EU) member states of the Mediterranean areas, where it is of...
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Nicolas Guyennon, Franco Salerno, Ivan Portoghese and Emanuele Romano
Among different uses of freshwater, irrigation is the most impacting groundwater resource, leading to water table depletion and possible seawater intrusion. The unbalance between the availability of water resources and demand is currently exacerbated and...
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Nicolas Guyennon, Franco Salerno, Ivan Portoghese, Emanuele Romano
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Among different uses of freshwater, irrigation is the most impacting groundwater resource, leading to water table depletion and possible seawater intrusion. The unbalance between the availability of water resources and demand is currently exacerbated and...
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Srinivasa Rao Pasala
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The mechanism of reforms is not given enough government funding and financial assistance to the agriculture sector. This impacted the conditions of cultivation, particularly in rural living conditions. The impact of free trade brought unstable prices, di...
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María M. Borrego-Marín, Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín, Julio Berbel
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This paper analyzes the impact of droughts on agricultural water productivity in the period 2004?2012 in the Guadalquivir River Basin using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-Water). Relevant events in this period include two...
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María M. Borrego-Marín, Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín and Julio Berbel
This paper analyzes the impact of droughts on agricultural water productivity in the period 2004?2012 in the Guadalquivir River Basin using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-Water). Relevant events in this period include two...
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Jerry W. Knox and Keith Weatherhead
Rising demands and competition for water resources within all sectors are placing increasing pressure on the environment. Almost all direct abstractions in England require a licence (permit) from the regulatory authority, the Environment Agency. Assessin...
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