Implementing sustainable irrigation in water-scarce regions under the impact of climate change

G Nikolaou, D Neocleous, A Christou, E Kitta… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is threatening due to adverse climate change, given
future projections that every one in four people on Earth might be suffering from extreme …

Assessing technical and social driving factors of water reuse in agriculture: A review on risks, regulation and the yuck factor

S Ricart, AM Rico - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The narrative of reusing water for agricultural purposes is sometimes conceived as being
one of the reasons versus emotions, which might not capture the complexity of the issue at …

Reusing wastewater to cope with water scarcity: Economic, social and environmental considerations for decision-making

X Garcia, D Pargament - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2015 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse has been recognized as an encouraging solution to cope with the
problem of water scarcity around the globe. Adopting Integrated Water Resources …

Effects of the irrigation modernization in Spain 2002–2015

J Berbel, A Expósito, C Gutiérrez-Martín… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Springer
Regions and basins suffering from water scarcity have promoted the modernization of
irrigation systems, defined as irrigation efficiency enhancement as a measure for the …

Analysis of irrigation water tariffs and taxes in Europe

J Berbel, MM Borrego-Marin, A Exposito… - Water Policy, 2019 - iwaponline.com
Abstract Water taxation in European Union (EU) countries is adapted to local conditions and
institutional trajectories and contains a variety of taxes and tariffs to finance water services …

Adoption of irrigation water policies to guarantee water supply: A choice experiment

F Alcon, S Tapsuwan, R Brouwer… - Environmental Science & …, 2014 - Elsevier
More efficient and sustainable use of water is increasingly becoming an urgency in drought
prone parts of the world. In particular, in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean …

Socio-economic background of wastewater irrigation and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in crops and vegetables

S Raja, HMN Cheema, S Babar, AA Khan… - Agricultural Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is one of the main constraints for agriculture sector in many countries. It
pushes the farmers to use wastewater for irrigation as an available alternate, especially in …

Assessing the impact of water price reform on farmers' willingness to pay for agricultural water in northwest China

L Mu, C Wang, B Xue, H Wang, S Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
A water price increase has been used as an effective method to guarantee national water
security and maintain national food security in China. The reasonableness of the water price …

Shadow price of water for irrigation—A case of the High Plains

JR Ziolkowska - Agricultural Water Management, 2015 - Elsevier
The 2011 and 2012 droughts considerably affected the Ogallala Aquifer supplying irrigation
water for agricultural production in the US High Plains (HP). Shrinking water resources and …

Risk-yuck factor nexus in reclaimed wastewater for irrigation: Comparing farmers' attitudes and public perception

S Ricart, AM Rico, A Ribas - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The successes and failures of water reuse schemes are shaped by complex
interrelationships between technological, economic, and socio-political factors. However, it …