Crop Water Productivity, Applied Water Productivity and Economic Decision Making
Water, 2022 Increasing productive water use in agriculture is seen as paramount to meet future food demand with limited water supplies. The main objective of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the interrelated linkages between crop water productivity ...
Violet Letseku, B. Grové
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Water Use in Global Livestock Production—Opportunities and Constraints for Increasing Water Productivity [PDF]
Water Resources Research, 2020 Increasing population, change in consumption habits, and climate change will likely increase the competition for freshwater resources in the future. Exploring ways to improve water productivity especially in food and livestock systems is important for ...
J. Heinke +7 more
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Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor
, 2020 Increasing water scarcity causes a variety of pressures on agricultural production given current and growing food demands. This paper seeks to add to our understanding of water scarcity adaptations by explicitly addressing linkages between water scarcity,
James F. Booker, W. Trees
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Rice, 2022 Inoculating rice plants by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) may be used as a practical and eco-friendly approach to sustain the growth and yield of drought stressed rice plants.
T. A. Abd El-Mageed +4 more
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A strategy to overcome adverse effects of autoregressive updating of streamflow forecasts [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 For streamflow forecasting, rainfall–runoff models are often augmented with updating procedures that correct forecasts based on the latest available streamflow observations of streamflow.
M. Li +3 more
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International Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 In arid and semiarid regions and under rainfed conditions, water availability is one of the principal ecological constraints that hinder agriculture’s sustainability.
S. Patra +12 more
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SUBSTRATE MEDIA AND IRRIGATION ON FLOWERING AND PRODUCTION OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria spp) [PDF]
Journal of Productivity and Development, 2021 The present experiment was carried out in greenhouse during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons to determine the effects of substrates media / combination and macro and micro nutrients within irrigation water. Uniform runners of strawberry cv.
Ahmed Hassan +3 more
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Investigating virtual water content and physical and economic water productivity indicators in crops (Case study: Moghan irrigation network, Ardabil province) [PDF]
مدلسازی و مدیریت آب و خاک, 2023 Introduction Agriculture has played a vital role in the economy, life, and culture in the civil history of Iranians. In recent years, this sector is the largest consumer of freshwater resources in this country.
Karamat Akhavan Giglou +4 more
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EFFECT OF FOLIAR-SPRAYED WITH CALCIUM AND SOME MICRONUTRIENTS ON POTATO PRODUCTION, AND QUALITY [PDF]
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2001 The main purpose of this work was to study the effect of foliar nutrition with calcium and some micronutrients (Fe, Zn, Mn) on potato (Solanum tuberosum, L.) production and quality.
M.M. El-Hamady, H.G. Abu El-Fotoh
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Short to sub-seasonal hydrologic forecast to manage water and agricultural resources in India [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017 Water resources and agriculture are often affected by the weather anomalies in India resulting in disproportionate damage. While short to sub-seasonal prediction systems and forecast products are available, a skilful hydrologic forecast of runoff and ...
R. Shah, A. K. Sahai, V. Mishra
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