articleAgricultural Water ManagementAug 12, 2014HYBRID OA

Improving water-efficient irrigation: Prospects and difficulties of innovative practices

The Open University · University of California, Davis · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Innovative irrigation practices can enhance water efficiency, gaining an economic advantage while also reducing environmental burdens. In some cases the necessary knowledge has been provided by extension services, helping farmers to adapt and implement viable solutions, thus gaining more benefits from irrigation technology. Often investment in technological improvements has incurred higher water prices, however, without gaining the full potential benefits through water efficiency. Farmers generally lack adequate means and incentives to know crops’ water use, actual irrigation applications, crops’ yield response to different water management practices, and thus current on-farm water-efficiency levels. Those…

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Keywords
  • Irrigation
  • Water resource management
  • Environmental science
  • Water conservation
  • Deficit irrigation
  • Irrigation management
  • Low-flow irrigation systems
  • Agricultural engineering
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Clean water and sanitation
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