Agricultural Water Management in Arid, Semi-Arid and Drought Prone Areas

Dear Colleagues，

Water is becoming scarce not only in arid and drought-prone areas but also in regions where rainfall is abundant: water scarcity affects the sustainability of agricultural production and food security. These trends raise concern, highlighting the role of irrigation and natural rainfall resources management for the sustainability of agriculture. Therefore, how agriculture adapts to water scarcity scenarios, particularly by increasing water productivity and better estimating the evapotranspiration process, will directly affect the future and sustainability of water resource management. Innovative irrigation technologies and practices as well as water conservation patterns may enhance agricultural water efficiency and production, in the meantime decrease the water demand and quality issues. This Special Issue will focus on water conservation practices, advanced irrigation tools and water technologies, evapotranspiration and modeling, and best management practices and strategies for efficient water use in agriculture under scarce water availability, particularly in arid, semi-arid and drought-prone areas for climate change. I am very pleased to invite you to submit manuscripts in “Agricultural water management in arid, semi-arid and drought-prone areas” which assess current challenges and offer improvement approaches and opportunities for future agricultural water management.

Dr. Shicheng Yan
Dr. Yongzong Lu
Dr. Shengcai Qiang
Dr. Tiebiao Zhao
Guest Editors

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