Anthropogenic influence on global warming is now undeniably proven scientific fact. Ever-
increasing efforts directed towards cleaner technologies are needed given the fact that …

Agriculture provides humanity with the most basic products to sustain life and raw materials
for production, closely linking human society and nature together. The sustainable …

Water scarcity and ecological degradation as a result of the expansion of irrigated
agriculture in arid regions have become global issues. A better understanding of the …

New water-conserving irrigation technologies are vital in arid countries. We investigated the
effects of (i) soil substrates made of Smart Capillary Barrier Wick (SCB-W), consisting of silt …

Planting structure adjustment (PSA) affects agricultural water saving, and is an essential part
of water-saving agricultural construction. This study introduced virtual water theory and …

With the challenges of arid transboundary river water management among Central Asian
countries, it is important to evaluate the water stress and propose practicable climate …

Selection of a cropping pattern that is suitable for available water resources in each region is
one of the important strategies for tackling drought and increasing water productivity. So far …

Real water saving is a important concept in water resources management, which can
express previous failures in reducing agricultural water consumption, despite increasing …

Various analytical solutions for steady-state vertical flux through unsaturated soils exist in
the literature. These solutions often assume specific hydraulic conductivity forms such as …

The implementation of conventional supply-based mechanisms, in which the allocation of
irrigation water entitlement for individual farmers is determined by their specific water …