Climate change and a growing population around the Mediterranean Rim are increasing the
need for water and, consequently, the pressure on resources in terms of both quantity and …

Agriculture contributes to a major share in the Indian economy and most of its people are
dependent on it for their livelihood. This makes water an important resource that needs to be …

Innovative irrigation practices can enhance water efficiency, gaining an economic
advantage while also reducing environmental burdens. In some cases the necessary …

Global agricultural production is heavily sustained by irrigation, but irrigation system
efficiencies are often surprisingly low. However, our knowledge of irrigation efficiencies is …

Abstract This Manual of Practice (MOP) is a comprehensive reference to estimating the
water quantities needed for irrigation of crops based upon the physics of evaporation and …

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 …

In its broadest sense, water productivity (WP) is the net return for a unit of water used.
Improvement of water productivity aims at producing more food, income, better livelihoods …

Water scarcity in agriculture is becoming a major problem due to increasing demand from
nonagricultural uses and intensive crop management on existing croplands to meet the …

Water productivity is defined as the ratio of the net benefits from crop, forestry, fishery,
livestock, and mixed agricultural systems to the amount of water required to produce those …

Field studies were conducted to determine the response of processing tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill.) to deficit irrigation (DI) to guide programs for the development of improved …