Water Management for Sustainable Food Production

• Autore: Kannan Narayanan
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Biology, life sciences; Research & information: general; Technology, engineering, agriculture
• Soggetto non controllato: Africa; agriculture; AquaCrop; AquaCrop model; arid region; arid regions; Awash River Basin; bibliometric analysis; blue; brackish groundwater; brackish water; canola; capillary rise; climate change; climate variability; corn; crop growth; crop uptake; crop yield; crop-water production function; deficit irrigation; delayed transplanting; drip irrigation; emerging contaminants; evapotranspiration; excess precipitation; fertigation; food quality; food security; geogenic; grain sorghum; green; innovation and technology; irrigation water quality; lettuce; low-discharge; lysimeter; maize; multi-crop production; multiple linear regression; nanomaterials; nitrogen productivity; olives trees; pearl millet; precipitation; pressure irrigation systems; principal component analysis; rainfall variability; rainfed; rainwater harvesting; root distribution; salinity; scattered plots; scenario; seedling age; seedling density; socio-economic impacts; sodicity; soybeans; spatiotemporal rainfall variability; sub surface drip irrigation (SDI); supplemental irrigation; sustainability; sustainable irrigation; system of rice intensification; tied ridges; unconventional water resources; virtual water; virtual water trade; water allocation; water conservation; water costs; water productivity; water saving; water table; water use efficiency; WEAP model; West Africa; wet season; yield loss
• Persona (resp. second.): SwamyAavudai Anandhi; KannanNarayanan
• Sommario/riassunto: The agricultural community is face with the challenge of increasing food production by more than 70% to meet demand from the global population increase by the mid-21st century. Sustainable food production involves the sustained availability of resources, such as water and energy, to agriculture. The key challenges to sustainable food production are population increase, increasing demands for food, climate change, climate variability, and decreasing per capita land and water resources. To discuss more details on (a) the challenges for sustainable food production and (b) mitigation options available, a Special Issue on "Water Management for Sustainable Food Production" was assembled. This Special Issue focused on issues such as irrigation using brackish water, virtual water trade, allocation of water resources, consequences of excess precipitation on crop yields, strategies to increase water productivity, rainwater harvesting, irrigation water management, deficit irrigation, fertilization, environmental and socio-economic impacts, and irrigation water quality. The articles in the Special Issue cover several water-related issues across the U.S., Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan concerning sustainable food production. The articles in this Special Issue highlight the substantial impacts on agricultural production, water availability, and water quality in the face of increasing demands for food and energy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Water Management for Sustainable Food Production
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557299003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II