Requirements for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Introduction section, lines 43-46 is confused written, what the authors refer to is not clear, from some article, report, book or? It needs to be rewritten and supported with reference.

Subchapter 1.1. is to short (only 3 sentences), extend it or include in other part.

Figure 1. The figure caption need to be supported with adequate reference(s)

Page 3 line 88-89. I don’t agree with that sentence, (With the development of societies (in numbers and in welfare) their water resources developed as well. Many ecosystems were put at the edge of existence with societal developments (as explained in Mesopotamia and Aral basin), so, please, rewrite this sentence.

Page 3 lines 95-97: What is the point to rewrite some postulates from WFD?, rather comment and discus them. Actually, this is very bead example of scientific writing (see above my comment from the intro section as well).

Page 3 row 108, replace a scenario analysis with sensitivity analyses rather.

Figure 2 need to be more explained and discussed.

page 3 line 122, delete, it is repetition, or circular statement.

Page 4 lines 126-169 is confused and hart to follow section, like from some book chapter/technical report. Need to be rewritten.

Page 5 lines 216-220, page 6 lines 24-248 and 250-254 atc., again rewritten text from other publications.

Actually, this manuscript has serious problem in logical flow, and is hard to follow. It suits more to some book chapter or technical paper, not review.

Author Response

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

The content fits in the scopes of the journal (Water management/Irrigation in agronomy and Sustainable development of agronomy). The article is written in an appropriate way and the conclusions interesting for the readership. Nevertheless, English should be improved.

I have detected the following mistakes:

Line 9: “emphasize” is correct?

Line 47: “by far most the” should be “"by far the most".

Line 49: “under various stress” should be “"under various stresses"

Line 86: Figure 1: Add the legends and units in the horizontal (years) and vertical (area) axis.

Line 170: 2.2. The sectioning should be the same.

Line 238: In section 3, the authors should include examples of water and nutrients use efficiency values of the different irrigation systems.

Line 278: “emphasise” is correct?

Line 393: Figure 12. Use (a), (b), etc, to identify each photo.

Line 524: Include the contribution of each author.

References: Correct them according to the document “Instructions for Authors”

For example, for Journal Articles:
1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name Year, Volume, page range.

Line 531: “assessed” should be replaced by “accessed on”

Author Response

The content fits in the scopes of the journal (Water management/Irrigation in agronomy and Sustainable development of agronomy). The article is written in an appropriate way and the conclusions interesting for the readership. Nevertheless, English should be improved.

I have detected the following mistakes:

Line 9: “emphasize” is correct?

Sentence changed to:

Future irrigation development is addressed with the focus on sustainable development.

Line 47: “by far most the” should be “"by far the most".  

Changed as suggested.

Line 49: “under various stress” should be “"under various stresses"

Changed as suggested.

Line 86: Figure 1: Add the legends and units in the horizontal (years) and vertical (area) axis.

Added

Line 170: 2.2. The sectioning should be the same.

changed

Line 238: In section 3, the authors should include examples of water and nutrients use efficiency values of the different irrigation systems.

An additional chapter is included!

Line 278: “emphasise” is correct?

Should be emphasis

Line 393: Figure 12. Use (a), (b), etc, to identify each photo.

Left and right are used as in other figures.

Figure 12. Simple drip irrigation Ethiopia, top left: drip line and top right: storage tank Tigray [45], bottom left and right: demonstration of a simple drip line set up during a dissemination workshop in Awassa [70].

Line 524: Include the contribution of each author.

Both authors contributed equally to the writing of the paper. The first author delivered most of the international case studies and the second author shared his experience of irrigation practices in Austria.

References: Correct them according to the document “Instructions for Authors”

For example, for Journal Articles:
1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name Year, Volume, page range.

 We harmonized the references according to the instructions.

Line 531: “assessed” should be replaced by “accessed on”

The spelling error was replaced and harmonized for mentions.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report