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Irrigated areas drive irrigation water withdrawals [PDF]
AbstractA sustainable management of global freshwater resources requires reliable estimates of the water demanded by irrigated agriculture. This has been attempted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through country surveys and censuses, or through Global Models, which compute irrigation water withdrawals with sub-models on crop types and ...
Arnald Puy +4 more
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Irrigation water economic valuation for irrigation water tariff basis [PDF]
Abstract This research is intended to develop economic instruments to increase water use efficiency in the agricultural sector on the island of Lombok. In the short term, this study aims to analyze the availability and demand of season-based and commodity-based irrigation water, estimate the economic value of irrigation water resources ...
H Sa’diyah, T Sjah, A N Tenriawaru
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Early transplanting of rainfed rice minimizes irrigation demand by utilizing rainfall
Background Rainfall is the key contributor to provide soil moisture for wet season rice (T. Aman) cultivation. Erratic rainfall often causes water shortage resulting negative impact on plant growth and grain yield.
Md. Belal Hossain +5 more
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Assessing the Role of Water Users Associations in Operating and Maintaining the Improved Irrigation System in Egypt [PDF]
The current study investigated the influence of Water Users Associations (WUAs) in the operation and the maintenance of the facilities of improved areas in Egypt.
F. Elhadad, T. Elgamal, A. Mady
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Purpose: to study the effect of the desalinator “Biosolvent” on the processes of soil desalinization during the washing and vegetative irrigation. Materials and methods.
F. F. Sadiev +2 more
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Irrigated agriculture plays a central role in global food production as it provides resilience to rainfall variability, increased productivity and production security. However, it has also gone hand in hand with serious socio-environmental challenges. Large-scale irrigated agricultural production, which depends on both surface and groundwater resources,
Hoogesteger, Jaime +4 more
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To explore the effects of mixed irrigation on soil and crops, a pot experiment was conducted in two salinity levels of brackish water, four levels of mixed brackish-reclaimed water and freshwater irrigation as the control.
Chuncheng Liu +4 more
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Groundwater use for irrigation - a global inventory [PDF]
Irrigation is the most important water use sector accounting for about 70% of the global freshwater withdrawals and 90% of consumptive water uses. While the extent of irrigation and related water uses are reported in statistical databases or estimated by
Burke, Jacob +6 more
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A study was conducted to evaluate the quality of groundwater in Barishal district of Bangladesh for both irrigation and drinking purposes. Sixty water samples were collected and analyzed in the Biochemistry laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural ...
Gulshan Yasmin +4 more
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Improved irrigation water management is the main strategy to improve water use efficiency in areas with limited water resources. Optimizing scarce water by selecting suitable furrow irrigation systems in arid and semi-arid parts of Ethiopia is rarely ...
Tigabie Setu +3 more
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