Ridge-furrow with full plastic film mulching improves water use efficiency and tuber yields of potato in a semiarid rainfed ecosystem

H Zhao, RY Wang, BL Ma, YC Xiong, SC Qiang… - Field Crops …, 2014 - Elsevier
A planting pattern of alternate ridges and furrows with plastic film mulching has been viewed
as a best management practice for crop production in the arid and semiarid regions, but …

Rainwater harvesting for restoring degraded dry agro-pastoral ecosystems: a conceptual review of opportunities and constraints in a changing climate

TY Oweis - Environmental Reviews, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Water resources in dry environments are becoming scarcer, especially under the changing
climate. In response, rainwater harvesting (RWH) is being reemphasized with calls to revive …

[图书][B] Rainwater harvesting for agriculture in the dry areas

TY Oweis, D Prinz, AY Hachum - 2012 - books.google.com
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also 'natural leakage'—90% of rainwater is
lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting …

Coupling effects of plastic film mulching and urea types on water use efficiency and grain yield of maize in the Loess Plateau, China

Q Liu, Y Chen, Y Liu, X Wen, Y Liao - Soil and Tillage Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing water and nitrogen use efficiency is important for sustainable agricultural
development, especially in arid and semi-arid areas. A two-year field experiment was …

Alternate or equal ridge–furrow pattern: Which is better for maize production in the rain-fed semi-arid Loess Plateau of China?

IM Eldoma, M Li, F Zhang, FM Li - Field Crops Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Ridge–furrow with plastic film mulch is a key method now used by local farmers to overcome
the challenges of cooling and low rainfall in a production of major food grains in the semi …

Improvements of emergence and tuber yield of potato in a seasonal spring arid region using plastic film mulching only on the ridge

S min Liang, C Ren, P jun Wang, X ting Wang… - Field Crops …, 2018 - Elsevier
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is one of the most important economic crops in Yunnan
Province (southwest China). However, under rain-fed agricultural conditions, the seeding …

Rainwater utilization from roof catchments in arid regions: A case study for Australia

E Hajani, A Rahman - Journal of Arid Environments, 2014 - Elsevier
Water is a scarce resource in arid regions, and hence water harvesting is critically important
in these regions for which many different means are adopted including groundwater and …

Estimation of annual harvested runoff at Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan region of Iraq

S Zakaria, Y Mustafa, D Mohammed, S Ali… - Journal of Natural …, 2013 - diva-portal.org
ABSTRACT Kurdistan Region (KR) of Iraq has suffered from the drought period during the
seasons 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 that affected the human and economic activities of the …

[HTML][HTML] Using GIS Techniques to Determine Appropriate Locations for Constructing Concrete Water Canals in the Baranti Plain of Erbil Governorate, Iraq

TA Hamad, MA Çullu, AV Bilgili, E Akça, SO Ahmed - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Water, being the basic resource for life on earth, is of great importance in arid and semi-arid
regions, which face the direct impacts of climate change. This study aims to solve water …

Concept and technology of rainwater harvesting

F Abdulla, C Abdulla, S Eslamian - Handbook of water …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Today there is a rapid increase of interest in rainwater harvesting and storage as a potential
water supply to meet part of the urban, rural, and agricultural water demand. This chapter …