Strategies and Management to Improve Irrigation Water Productivity
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 5516
Special Issue Editor
2. Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AEnRI), Agricultural Research Centre, Giza 12618, Egypt
Interests: irrigation management; deficit irrigation; water stress; water relations; water productivity; water saving; evapotranspiration modeling; artificial intelligence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The high demand for water and food due to an increase in population necessitates innovation in agricultural practices by developing irrigation practices to increase crop yield and improve water use efficiency. Irrigation is an unavoidable practice in arid and semi-arid regions. Therefore, there is a need to estimate actual irrigation water applied and to evaluate irrigation practices and techniques managing by farmers. Accordingly, the Special Issue aims to study maximizing the utilization of irrigation water using computer modeling techniques, such as artificial intelligence and computer programs, in determining crop water requirements, as well as studying the ability of field crops, fruit trees, and medicinal and aromatic plants for water stress. Moreover, this issue will focus on studying the application of modern agricultural strategies, such as various additions of mineral and biofertilizers and soil conditioners, which play a role in maximizing crop yield and quality and increasing water productivity. The so-called deficit and partial root-zone drying irrigation techniques in conjunction with surface and subsurface drip irrigation of high crop water use efficiency can maintain high crop yields if used properly. A proper and effective use of deficit irrigation requires knowledge of specific crop growth stages during which they are water-stress tolerant.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Relation between crop production and water;
- Agronomical practice to improve crop water use efficiency;
- Irrigation techniques (including fertigation);
- Evapotranspiration
- Water reuse;
- Remote sensing applied to irrigation management;
- Machine learning.
Dr. Mohamed Mattar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water saving
- drip irrigation
- deficit irrigation
- water use efficiency
- irrigation schedulel computer programs
- fertilizers
- soil conditioners
- water stress
- arid and semi-arid regions
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