Water Management for Sustainable Food Production

The agricultural community is face with the challenge of increasing food production by more than 70% to meet demand from the global population increase by the mid-21st century. Sustainable food production involves the sustained availability of resources, such as water and energy, to agriculture. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Kannan, Narayanan (Editor), Swamy, Aavudai Anandhi (Otro)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Materias:	Research & information: general Biology, life sciences Technology, engineering, agriculture AquaCrop model capillary rise climate change rainfall variability supplemental irrigation crop growth lettuce AquaCrop water saving water productivity deficit irrigation nitrogen productivity fertigation drip irrigation low-discharge arid regions Africa food security system of rice intensification water conservation climate variability water use efficiency multi-crop production pressure irrigation systems water costs corn soybeans maize crop-water production function West Africa spatiotemporal rainfall variability tied ridges scattered plots pearl millet yield loss crop uptake food quality geogenic emerging contaminants nanomaterials lysimeter canola water table root distribution evapotranspiration sustainable irrigation bibliometric analysis innovation and technology unconventional water resources delayed transplanting seedling age seedling density wet season grain sorghum precipitation rainfed multiple linear regression crop yield principal component analysis water allocation WEAP model scenario Awash River Basin sustainability agriculture virtual water trade blue green arid region brackish water sub surface drip irrigation (SDI) salinity sodicity olives trees excess precipitation irrigation water quality virtual water brackish groundwater rainwater harvesting socio-economic impacts
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