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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mukesh Kumar Mehla
Summary: Water footprint assessment is a method to identify the impacts and limitations of current systems, which helps us take suitable actions to improve water productivity and promote sustainable water use. This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of sector-wise water footprint in the Banas River Basin from 2008 to 2020, revealing an increase in water footprint due to population growth, industrial expansion, and crop demand. Measures should be implemented to improve water use efficiency in agriculture, which contributes to the majority of the basin's water footprint.
Article
Agronomy
Davoud Rouzaneh, Masoud Yazdanpanah, Arman Bakhshi Jahromi
Summary: The success of agricultural innovations largely depends on farmers' satisfaction, and this study aimed to investigate farmers' satisfaction with drip irrigation technology in Iran. The European satisfaction model (ESM) was used to analyze the factors influencing farmers' satisfaction, with perceived value, perceived image, and quality playing key roles. The study suggests that improving farmers' satisfaction, perceived image, and quality could lead to increased adoption of drip irrigation among Iranian farmers.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Agronomy
Gilbert Noun, Mauro Lo Cascio, Donatella Spano, Serena Marras, Costantino Sirca
Summary: Global climate change threatens the environment, exacerbated by poor water management in agriculture. Plant-based approaches have proven to be effective in estimating plant water status and can be used to save water in irrigation scheduling. This work reviews plant-based methods for monitoring plant water status and surveys publications on water status assessment in fruit and nut tree crops in a Mediterranean climate.
Article
Agronomy
Victor Beya-Marshall, Emilia Arcos, Oscar Seguel, Mauricio Galleguillos, Cristian Kremer
Summary: Irrigation scheduling based on soil water content sensors can maintain optimal soil moisture range for plant growth. The breaking point is an effective criterion for irrigation management, but its implementation should be validated with plant water status measurement and consideration of weather conditions.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chloe Fischer, Claire Aubron, Aurelie Trouve, Muddu Sekhar, Laurent Ruiz
Summary: This study examines the impact of irrigation development on poverty reduction and inequality in a semi-arid area in South India. The findings suggest that while irrigation can reduce poverty, it also leads to inequality and fragility, particularly for poor households. The differentiation of farm trajectories is influenced by the development of groundwater irrigation, initial assets, and the evolution of national and local contexts. The depletion of water resources exacerbates the situation for poor households in the past two decades.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Erion Bwambale, Felix K. Abagale, Geophrey K. Anornu
Summary: The demand for freshwater resources has increased due to escalating global population and increasing drought indices in agricultural zones. Improving water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture through smart monitoring and irrigation control strategies is crucial for sustainable agricultural production. Closed-loop irrigation control strategies, particularly when combined with soil-based, plant, and weather-based monitoring methods, can significantly improve water use efficiency in irrigation scheduling.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Remote Sensing
Lu Liang, Abolfazl Meyarian, Xiaohui Yuan, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, George Mihaila, Yuchu Qin, Jacob Daniels, Michele L. Reba, James R. Rigby
Summary: This study proposed a deep learning-based method for contour-levee field detection, which showed promising performance with a 15%-17% improvement in accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2021)
Review
Horticulture
Niranjan Panigrahi, Andrew J. Thompson, Sergio Zubelzu, Jerry W. Knox
Summary: Banana is a valuable agricultural commodity globally, but both commercial plantations and smallholder farmers face challenges from water stress and climate variability, highlighting the need for more efficient irrigation practices to improve yield and water productivity.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Abdelmalek Temnani, Pablo Berrios, Susana Zapata-Garcia, Alejandro Perez-Pastor
Summary: In a context of severe water scarcity and high uncertainty of available irrigation water, the study aimed to determine the mid-term effect of water restrictions on yield and quality of flat peaches. Two treatments were tested: control (CTL) and regulated deficit irrigation (RDI). The RDI treatment resulted in water savings of 33.6% and an increase in irrigation water productivity of 45%.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Juan Carlos Molina-Moral, Alfonso Moriana-Elvira, Francisco Jose Perez-Latorre
Summary: This study investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of soil water reserves and irrigation requirements in a large region of olive monoculture in Jaen, Spain. By integrating climatic data, vegetation index, soil properties, and hydrological information in a GIS, the study found that different irrigation times and strategies should be implemented based on the location of the plot, instead of managing a single irrigation schedule as currently practiced. These findings could serve as a basis for designing specific irrigation schedules at daily, hourly, or real-time scales.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Josefin Thorslund, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Anna Scaini, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Summary: This study develops a salinity-inclusive water scarcity framework for the irrigation sector, and applies it to the Central Valley in California and the Murray-Darling basin in Australia. The results show severe water scarcity in both regions, especially during the summer seasons. The study also explores the potential of alleviating water scarcity through conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater, but highlights the risks of groundwater depletion in certain sub-basins.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Khadijeh Alibabaei, Pedro D. Gaspar, Eduardo Assuncao, Saeid Alirezazadeh, Tania M. Lima
Summary: In this study, a Deep Q-Network was trained for irrigation scheduling, taking into account soil moisture and yield estimation. Compared to traditional methods, the trained model increased productivity and reduced water consumption.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
M. S. Srinivasan, Richard Measures, Carla Muller, Mark Neal, Channa Rajanayaka, Ude Shankar, Graham Elley
Summary: Efficient water use is crucial in effective irrigation scheduling, and a physically-based hydrology tool IrriSET was developed to simulate different scheduling strategies. The study found that irrigation strategies based on both supply and demand positively impact water use efficiency and prolong soil water availability.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Aaron T. Simmons, David J. Perovic, Guy Roth
Summary: Fresh water is a limited global resource and Water Scarcity Footprints (WSF) have been developed to guide consumers and supply chains reduce unsustainable water consumption. However, the current method may be misleading, especially for regulated catchments. To effectively guide consumer and supply chain decisions in supporting sustainable water consumption, WSF should reflect responsible management and assess burden shifting.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Rishma Chengot, Jerry W. Knox, Gemma Coxon, George Cojocaru, Ian P. Holman
Summary: The UK irrigated agriculture sector is considered to be at high risk due to its lowest priority for water allocation during drought events and the resulting impacts of abstraction restrictions. An enhanced version of the D-Risk webtool has been developed to assess the joint multi-scale risks of abstraction restrictions and insufficient irrigation volumes during drought events. This tool provides a holistic understanding of drought risk in irrigated agriculture and supports collaborative decision-making for water management.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2023)