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The green and blue water footprint of paper products: methodological considerations and quantification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
For a hardcopy of this report, printed in the Netherlands, an estimated 200 litres of water have been used. Water is required during different stages in the production process, from growing wood to processing pulp into the final consumer product. Most of
Hoekstra, A.Y., Oel, P.R. van
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Modelling Evapotranspiration of Container Crops for Irrigation Scheduling

open access: yes, 2011
Irrigation is now recognized as an important component in the agriculture economy of Mediterranean regions. As practiced by many growers, it is often based on traditional application methods that fail to measure the supply of water needed to satisfy the variable requirements of different crops.
Bacci L   +9 more
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Production of primary biomass and sequestration of carbon with a high water efficiency : the comparative advantages of DMC cropping systems technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Whatever the cropping system adopted, bioclimatic conditions as sun radiation, temperature and rainfall, (spatial and temporal variability ) are soundly affecting crop photosynthetic activity and biomass production.
Forest, Francis   +2 more
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Actual crop water use in project countries : a synthesis at the regional level [PDF]

open access: yes
This report aims to synthesize the results of a crop water use study conducted by country teams of the GEF/World Bank project, Regional Climate, Water, and Agriculture: Impacts on and Adaptation of Agro-ecological Systems in Africa.
Maraux, Florent   +2 more
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Effect of different cover crop residue management practices on soil moisture content under a tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Water relations are among the most important physical phenomena that affect the use of soils for agricultural, ecological, environmental, and engineering purposes.
Cornelis, Wim   +4 more
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Irrigation-Yield Production Functions and Irrigation Water Use Effciency Response of Drought-Tolerant and Non-Drought-Tolerant Maize Hybrids under Different Irrigation Levels, Population Densities, and Environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Irrigation-yield production functions (IYPFs), irrigation water use effciency (IWUE), and grain production per unit of applied irrigation of non-drought-tolerant (NDT) and drought-tolerant (DT) maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids were quantified in four ...
Irmak, Suat   +4 more
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Crop water use and crop coefficients of sunflower in the U.S. Central Great Plains

open access: yesAgricultural Water Management
Sunflower is a drought-tolerant crop commonly grown as a rainfed crop in semi-arid areas, but irrigation is required to produce maximum yield. The purpose of this study was to determine sunflower water requirements and crop coefficients to facilitate ...
Thomas J. Trout   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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