A significant worldwide challenge is to increase the food supply to accommodate a population growing to 9,000,000,000 in the face of climate change. Per capita water supply in Jordan is among the world's lowest. Despite this scarcity, three-quarters of Jordan's water use is consumed b... Read More
A significant part of the world's largest river basins are located in areas of arid and semi-arid climate, such as the Amu Darya, Jordan, Murray-Darling, Yellow River, and Aksu-Tarim river basin. These river basins are experiencing water scarcity resulting in conflicts between upstrea... Read More
The present paper focuses on the point irrigation design for crops and growing vegetables on an experimental area 2432 m(2) at Buchel locality, Northern part of Gobi desert in Mongolia. An underground water source (drill hole - well capacity 21/s with water temperature 10 degrees C) a... Read More
In northeast Italy, a regimen of controlled drainage in winter and subirrigation in summer was tested as a strategy for continuous water table management with the benefits of optimizing water use and reducing unnecessary drainage and nitrogen losses from agricultural fields. To study ... Read More
Shortage of water in arid and semiarid areas throughout the world makes utilization of marginal water for agricultural irrigation a necessity. The marginal water most used for irrigation in Israel is secondary-treated urban effluents. In spite of the water treatment process, these wat... Read More
The spatial variability and temporal variation of furrow inflows have a major impact on the performance of furrow irrigation, as indicated by the usual measures of application efficiency and uniformity. They also cause difficulties in determining the soil infiltration characteristic t... Read More
The effects of different deficit-irrigation strategies on plant-water status and yield were studied for 5 years in early-maturing peach trees (cv. Flordastar) growing under Mediterranean climatic conditions. The deficit-irrigation (DI) treatments were continuous, regulated (RDI), part... Read More
Irrigated agriculture is working towards environmental sustainability but more study is needed regarding the agro-systems' response to alterations imposed on them. This work analyzed the repercussions that alternative irrigation management can cause on water use and on the quality of ... Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization has reflected the importance of predicting yield response to water by developing the AquaCrop model. During three growing seasons (2007-2009), a field experiment was conducted in the South-East of Damascus (Syria) to assess the response of drip ir... Read More
The agricultural sector accounts roughly for 63% of total annual water utilization worldwide and in developing countries the figure is much higher, with 90% of water use attributable to agriculture. Irrigation plays a crucial role in agricultural production efficiency, risk reduction,... Read More
