Innovation Issues in Water, Agriculture and Food

In a worldwide context of ever-growing competition for water and land, climate change, droughts and man-made water scarcity, and less-participatory water governance, agriculture faces the great challenge of producing enough food for a continually increasing population. In this line, this book provid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Cameira, Maria do Rosario (auth), Pereira, Luis Santos
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
Materias:	hysteresis loops irrigation systems design fuzzy cognitive maps Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) olive orchard Kcb from ground cover crop growth surface water pollution crop water use and evapotranspiration measures water–energy–food nexus water-agriculture-food nexus drought classes soil temperature pressures crop water requirements Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) validation latent heat flux log-linear modeling impact Row crops dried on the vine reform Tagus River Basin precise land levelling regulated deficit irrigation Transfer relative pressure exceedance irrigation district evaporation Irrigation perturbation aridity effects economic and environmental issues water users’ organization pressurized irrigation systems decision support systems (DSS) Pampa biome crop yield reference evapotranspiration DPSIR SIMDualKc model semi-arid region wheat calibration design of irrigation systems Density coefficient simulation models biomass crop transpiration groundwater direct forcing Spain satellite observations maize yield water and salt balance soil water balance spatial variability persistence supply–demand balance model sustained deficit irrigation leaf area index evapotranspiration eddy covariance dry drainage system droughts Participatory Irrigation Management Black soil surface irrigation modelling drip and basin irrigation remote sensing crop coefficient curves irrigation scheduling unsteady flow root growth North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Sensitive Zones soil evaporation actual evapotranspiration agricultural intensification organizational analysis policies water and land management agriculture hydrant risk indicator evaporative fraction local advection Fiesta grapes Evapotranspiration Dual crop coefficients Vulnerable Zones salinity cut-off time soil moisture irrigation water governance nitrogen Andalusia Corn basal crop coefficients water balance participatory management beneficial water use soil nutrient water users association deficit irrigation stakeholder engagement new technologies smartphone application drip irrigation Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. inflow rates policy-making soil water storage depletion on-demand operation
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