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Global agricultural economic water scarcity Open
We advance the notion of agricultural economic water scarcity to identify where irrigation expansion may increase food production.
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IoT-Based Smart Irrigation Systems: An Overview on the Recent Trends on Sensors and IoT Systems for Irrigation in Precision Agriculture Open
Water management is paramount in countries with water scarcity. This also affects agriculture, as a large amount of water is dedicated to that use. The possible consequences of global warming lead to the consideration of creating water ada…
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Water Supply and Water Scarcity Open
This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue on water supply and water scarcity. The papers selected for publication include review papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harv…
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Fresh Water availability and Its Global challenge Open
Water is prime natural resources fulfilling our needs in a precisious assets.we must acts to preserve and utilize every drop of water.water resources can be assessed on the basis of surface and subsurface water bodies.Climate change impact…
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Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Systematic Literature Review Open
Wastewater treatment involves the extraction of pollutants, removal of coarse particles, and elimination of toxicants. Moreover, wastewater treatment kills pathogens and produces bio-methane and fresh manure for agricultural production. Th…
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An overview of smart irrigation systems using IoT Open
Countries are working into making agriculture more sustainable by integrating different technologies to enhance its operation. Implementing improvements in irrigation systems is crucial for the water-use efficiency and works as a contribut…
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Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2019 Open
Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2019, describes trends in economic, resource, and environmental indicators in the agriculture sector. Agriculture is dynamic, changing in response to economic, technological, environment…
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Deceleration of China’s human water use and its key drivers Open
Increased human water use combined with climate change have aggravated water scarcity from the regional to global scales. However, the lack of spatially detailed datasets limits our understanding of the historical water use trend and its k…
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Implementing Sustainable Irrigation in Water-Scarce Regions under the Impact of Climate Change Open
The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is threatening due to adverse climate change, given future projections that every one in four people on Earth might be suffering from extreme water scarcity by the year 2025. Pressurized irrigati…
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Improving Irrigation Water Use Efficiency: A Review of Advances, Challenges and Opportunities in the Australian Context Open
The demand for fresh water is on the increase, and the irrigation industry in Australia is looking to a future with less water. Irrigation consumes the bulk of the water extracted from various sources, and hence the efficiency of its use i…
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Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap Open
As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while a growing world population further spreads the food gap. Ample evidence exists t…
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Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements Open
Irrigation in the Mediterranean is of vital importance for food security, employment and economic development. This study systematically assesses how climate change and increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations may affect irrigation requ…
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A Review on Potential Plant-Based Water Stress Indicators for Vegetable Crops Open
Area under vegetable cultivation is expanding in arid and semi-arid regions of the world to meet the nutritional requirements of an ever-growing population. However, water scarcity in these areas is limiting vegetable productivity. New wat…
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Irrigation Water Quality Standards for Indirect Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture: A Contribution toward Sustainable Wastewater Reuse in South Korea Open
Climate change and the subsequent change in agricultural conditions increase the vulnerability of agricultural water use. Wastewater reuse is a common practice around the globe and is considered as an alternative water resource in a changi…
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Regulating water reuse for agricultural irrigation: risks related to organic micro-contaminants Open
In recent years, more and more countries see irrigation using reclaimed water as an opportunity to secure and enhance agricultural production. Despite the benefits of water reuse, the scientific community raised several concerns and challe…
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Water scarcity alleviation through water footprint reduction in agriculture: The effect of soil mulching and drip irrigation Open
Water scarcity has received global attention in the last decade as it challenges food security in arid and semi-arid regions, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. This research assesses the possible alleviation of water scarci…
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The Water Footprint of Global Food Production Open
Agricultural production is the main consumer of water. Future population growth, income growth, and dietary shifts are expected to increase demand for water. The paper presents a brief review of the water footprint of crop production and t…
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A Review of Precision Irrigation Water-Saving Technology under Changing Climate for Enhancing Water Use Efficiency, Crop Yield, and Environmental Footprints Open
Water is considered one of the vital natural resources and factors for performing short- and long-term agricultural practices on Earth. Meanwhile, globally, most of the available freshwater resources are utilized for irrigation purposes in…
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Superabsorbent Polymer Hydrogels for Sustainable Agriculture: A Review Open
Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase by 50% in 2030, resulting in an acute water shortage. Pre…
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How afforestation affects the water cycle in drylands: A process‐based comparative analysis Open
The world's largest afforestation programs implemented by China made a great contribution to the global “greening up.” These programs have received worldwide attention due to its contribution toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable…
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Closing the yield gap while ensuring water sustainability Open
Water is a major factor limiting crop production in many regions around the world. Irrigation can greatly enhance crop yields, but the local availability and timing of freshwater resources constrains the ability of humanity to increase foo…
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Crop Water Requirements and Irrigation Schedules for Some Major Crops in Southern Iraq Open
The climate of Iraq is of the subtropical semi-dry type; however, the country was rich in water resources until a few decades ago. Climate change and the construction of many dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the neighboring count…
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Global Agricultural Water Scarcity Assessment Incorporating Blue and Green Water Availability Under Future Climate Change Open
Climate change was projected to have negative effects on water availability and consequently a serious constraint to food production in many areas of the world. However, such effects have not been well understood, particularly over rainfed…
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Treated Wastewater Irrigation—A Review Open
As the most important resource for life, water has been a central issue on the international agenda for several decades. Yet, the world’s supply of clean freshwater is steadily decreasing due to extensive agricultural demand for irrigated …
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Global unsustainable virtual water flows in agricultural trade Open
Recent studies have highlighted the reliance of global food production on unsustainable irrigation practices, which deplete freshwater stocks and environmental flows, and consequently impair aquatic ecosystems. Unsustainable irrigation is …
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A Review of Irrigation Information Retrievals from Space and Their Utility for Users Open
Irrigation represents one of the most impactful human interventions in the terrestrial water cycle. Knowing the distribution and extent of irrigated areas as well as the amount of water used for irrigation plays a central role in modeling …
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Enhancing domestic water conservation behaviour: A review of empirical studies on influencing tactics Open
The world faces imminent drought-related challenges that, from a tap-water supply perspective, require increasingly expensive infrastructure enhancement and energy expansion to maintain sufficient service levels. This paper argues that enh…
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Flexibility and intensity of global water use Open
Water stress is often evaluated by scarcity: the share of available water supply being consumed by humans. However, some consumptive uses of water are more or less flexible than others, depending on the costs or effects associated with the…
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Satellite‐Based Monitoring of Irrigation Water Use: Assessing Measurement Errors and Their Implications for Agricultural Water Management Policy Open
Reliable accounting of agricultural water use is critical for sustainable water management. However, the majority of agricultural water use is not monitored, with limited metering of irrigation despite increasing pressure on both groundwat…
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Irrigation Technology and Water Conservation: A Review of the Theory and Evidence Open
Climate change, population growth, and economic development increase competition for water and exacerbate water scarcity- and drought-related losses (IPCC 2014), resulting in the identification of water crises as the greatest global societ…