Agricultural Water Management Research Trends

Author : Magnus L. Sørensen
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1604561599

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Agricultural Water Management Research Trends by Magnus L. Sørensen Pdf

Agricultural water management includes many topics: farm-level and regional water management, irrigation, drainage, and salinity management of cultivated areas, collection and storage of rainfall in relation to soil properties and vegetation; the role of groundwater and surface water in nutrient cycling, exploitation and protection of water resources, control of flooding, erosion, and desertification. This book presents leading-edge research from around the world.

Author : A. L. Van Wijk,Wesseling J.
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000151497

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Agricultural Water Management by A. L. Van Wijk,Wesseling J. Pdf

This book is an outcome of the symposium on agricultural water management in Netherlands and discusses the methods that leads to cost effective but environmentally acceptable techniques. The book covers following topics: drainage and reclamation of soil and effect of drainage on agriculture.

Author : Henrik M. Andreassen
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1600219748

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New Topics in Water Resources Research and Management by Henrik M. Andreassen Pdf

This book presents new and significant research results on water resources which are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. They are important because they are needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7 per cent of water on the Earth is fresh water, and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps, leaving only 0.007 per cent available for human use. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world, and as world population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, many more areas are expected to experience this imbalance in the near future. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights.

Author : David Molden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136548536

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Water for Food Water for Life by David Molden Pdf

Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that influence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial influences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity. It covers rainfed agriculture, irrigation, groundwater, marginal-quality water, fisheries, livestock, rice, land, and river basins. Ample tables, graphs, and references make this an invaluable work for practitioners, academics, researchers, and policymakers in water management, agriculture, conservation, and development. Published with IWMI.

Author : M. Dinesh Kumar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323914512

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Water Productivity and Food Security by M. Dinesh Kumar Pdf

Water Productivity and Food Security: Global Trends and Regional Patterns, Volume Three reviews the need for water productivity improvements in agriculture, addressing three distinct questions pertaining to agricultural water productivity improvement in developing countries, including what are the regions where water is a limiting factor for raising agricultural outputs and water productivity improvements, what are the technological measures in irrigation that can raise agricultural water productivity and result in water saving at various scales, and what opportunities exist in the developing economies of South Asia and Africa for raising water productivity and improving water economy at basin scale. This book provides a framework to characterize river basins based on water availability, water supplies, water uses and water demands to ascertain the need and measures available for improving crop water productivity that would be effective at various scales, i.e., plant-level, plot-level, irrigation system level and basin level. This is an essential reference for anyone interested in water management and agriculture. Presents clear explanations of the physical and technical measures that can be adopted to improve productivity of water in agricultural production under different basin conditions Offers physical strategies for improving water productivity in agriculture in different agroecological regions, along with the institutional and policy measures that affect them Includes methodologies for assessing the food security challenges of individual nations using empirical analysis and global datasets

Author : Ratikanta Maiti,Humberto Gonzalez Rodríguez,Biswajit Ghosh,Narayan Chandra Sarkar,Debashis Mandal,Rajpal Meena,Ashok K. Thakur,A V Ramanjaneyulu
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781631819810

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RESEARCH TRENDS IN BIORESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY by Ratikanta Maiti,Humberto Gonzalez Rodríguez,Biswajit Ghosh,Narayan Chandra Sarkar,Debashis Mandal,Rajpal Meena,Ashok K. Thakur,A V Ramanjaneyulu Pdf

Present world is witnessing drastic changes harshly impacting its bio-resources (plants, animals and organisms) that are considered as natural gift for our livelihood. Global warming, climate change, abiotic and biotic stresses are strangling and challenging the survivability of these resources. It is therefore crucial to manage these resources for making planet Earth more suitable to live. Moreover, there is an utter need to know how climate dynamic and biotic or abiotic factors are influencing on bio-resources and also to frame its sustainable management strategies. This book is the output of the research deliberations at 3rd International Conference on Bio-resource and Stress Management, India; and expert views on contemporary research and management issues in relation to bio-resources and its management. This timely needed uniquely written reference book consists of 29 well-crafted chapters on sustainable land, water and crop management, organic agriculture, climate change and crop productivity, stress management, bio-resource conservation, bio-fortification for nutritional security, agro-techniques, agro-forestry and forest resource management and waste management etc. which certainly will be of great use by the scientists, academician, researches, scholars, students, extension workers, corporate and NGO’s working in these aspects.

Author : Ghosh, E., Kemp-Benedict, E., Huber-Lee, A., Nazareth, A., Oudra, I.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251367049

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Investing in agricultural water, sustainably by Ghosh, E., Kemp-Benedict, E., Huber-Lee, A., Nazareth, A., Oudra, I. Pdf

Climate change, poverty, inequality, and other disruptive factors are changing the way water is used for agriculture. Although IFI investments are only one of the tools that can be used to address food and agricultural water security, they can be a critical catalyst for change. A research study carried out by the Stockholm Environment Institute, under the direction of the FAO Investment Centre, examines IFI investments and financing mechanisms in agricultural water over the last decade (2010–2019) and identifies emerging goals, areas of investments and innovations. The study aims to provide IFIs and international development agencies insight into what has and has not worked in agricultural water investments, while offering promising new mechanisms and investment priorities for the future. The analysis focuses heavily on public investment as provided by IFIs, but also considers the role of private and public-private investment, and farmers as private investors and entrepreneurs. This publication is part of the Directions in Investment series under the FAO Investment Centre’s Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264209138

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OECD Studies on Water Climate Change, Water and Agriculture Towards Resilient Systems by OECD Pdf

This report reviews the main linkages between climate change, water and agriculture as a means to identifying and discussing adaptation strategies for better use and conservation of water resources.

Author : Suman Lata
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030009526

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Irrigation Water Management for Agricultural Development in Uttar Pradesh, India by Suman Lata Pdf

This book focuses on irrigation sources together with water management for agricultural development in Uttar Pradesh state of India. Being the most populous state of the country, it bears a burden of feeding about 199 million people of which major section relies on agriculture for their subsistence. This study makes comparison in the growth trends in the irrigated area, crop land use patterns and crop productivity at the district level in different periods of time. The book emphasizes on irrigation water management to optimize crop yields in order to increase Water Productivity of crops in low productivity regions of the state applying suitable technology. This book appeals to researchers and students in geography and planning working on the topics of agriculture as well as irrigation and water management aspects.

Author : Giordano, Meredith,Turral, H.,Scheierling, S. M.,Treguer, D. O.,McCornick, Peter G.
Publisher : Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908487

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9789290908487 by Giordano, Meredith,Turral, H.,Scheierling, S. M.,Treguer, D. O.,McCornick, Peter G. Pdf

Author : Evan Christen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925746674

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Success Stories in Agricultural Water Management Research for Development by Evan Christen Pdf

Author : Pankaj K. Dubey
Publisher : Scitus Academics LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Water-supply
ISBN : 1681170213

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Economics of Water Management in Agriculture by Pankaj K. Dubey Pdf

This book outlines the current trends in the economics of water management in agriculture. It also addresses some of the most relevant current and perspective issues for the water policy offering a wide variety of innovative approaches and original and relevant cases. Water management is the management of water resources under set policies and regulations. Water, once an abundant natural resource, is becoming a more valuable commodity due to droughts and overuse. Irrigation can improve crop production, reduce yield variability, and increase profits. But choosing and buying an irrigation system are both expensive and complex. When considering investing in an irrigation system, farmers must keep in mind several major factors: financing, crop mix, energy prices, energy sources, commodity prices, labor availability, economies of scale, the availability of water, savings in field operations, the system's application efficiency, the operating pressure of the design, and the depth from which the water must be pumped, or pumping lift. It reports recent economic research on the theory, practice and policies of water management and investigates problems on the economics of water management in an agricultural context. Speci'c case studies, methods and techniques in water management are also considered.

Author : Noora-Lisa Aberman,Noora-Lisa Aberman, Benjamin Wielgosz, Fatima Zaidi, Claudia Ringler, Agha Ali Akram, Andrew Bell, and Maikel Issermann,Benjamin Wielgosz,Fatima Zaidi,Claudia Ringler,Agha Ali Akram,Andrew Bell,Maikel Issermann
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Policy Landscape of Agricultural Water Management in Pakistan by Noora-Lisa Aberman,Noora-Lisa Aberman, Benjamin Wielgosz, Fatima Zaidi, Claudia Ringler, Agha Ali Akram, Andrew Bell, and Maikel Issermann,Benjamin Wielgosz,Fatima Zaidi,Claudia Ringler,Agha Ali Akram,Andrew Bell,Maikel Issermann Pdf

Irrigation is central to Pakistan’s agriculture; and managing the country’s canal, ground, and surface water resources in a more efficient, equitable, and sustainable way will be crucial to meeting agricultural production challenges, including increasing agricultural productivity and adapting to climate change. The water component of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) is working to address these topics through high-quality research and policy engagement. As one of the first activities of this program, the PSSP undertook this assessment of the policy landscape for agricultural water management in Pakistan, to better understand how to engage with stakeholders in the landscape, and to assess possible opportunity points for improving water conservation. The authors use the Net-Map method, an interview tool that combines stakeholder mapping, power mapping, and social network analysis, to examine the relationships between various institutions influencing the water sector in Pakistan. Group interviews were conducted with national stakeholders in Islamabad and with provincial stakeholders in Lahore to establish separate influence maps at the different scales. Interviewees were asked about four types of network relationships: formal authority, informal pressure, technical information, and funding. Network data was analyzed using social network analysis software and notes from interviews add further depth to the network observations. Concluding discussion focuses on the distribution of power and influence in the network and on the opportunities and challenges of recent governance reforms and implications for stakeholder engagement.

Author : Chu T Hoanh,Vladimir Smakhtin,Robyn Johnston
Publisher : CABI
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780643663

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Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management in Developing Countries by Chu T Hoanh,Vladimir Smakhtin,Robyn Johnston Pdf

The book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies in water management to deal with these impacts. Chapters include an assessment at global level, with details on impacts in various countries. Adaptation measures including groundwater management, water storage, small and large scale irrigation to support agriculture and aquaculture are presented. Agricultural implications of sea level rise, as a subsequent impact of climate change, are also examined.

Author : T. Oweis
Publisher : Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1786761769

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Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture by T. Oweis Pdf

There is increasing competition for water resources with declining aquifer reserves and lower rainfall in some areas due to climate change. This volume reviews research into topics such as more sustainable use of groundwater, more efficient irrigation techniques and water management.