Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 280
Special Issue Editor
2. Previously School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Interests: technology adoption; resource management policies; interactions between hydro-biophysical and economic system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Irrigated agriculture dominates freshwater consumption globally, but crop production and farm revenues suffer when water supplies are insufficient to meet irrigation needs. Global freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce due to its mismanagement, overuse, and long-term exposure to drought—exacerbated by global climate change. Demand for scarce water continues to increase as the population grows and irrigated agriculture expands in some parts of the world. This Special Issue, entitled "Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation", focuses on water scarcity solutions for irrigated agriculture in a warming climate.
The issue has three main goals. First, it aims to increase our understanding of how and to what extent shifts in cropping patterns and irrigation technologies have contributed to the water supply and demand imbalance. Second, it aims to feature research exploring solutions to more effectively manage agricultural water use and increased water supply (e.g., managed aquifer recharge). Third, it highlights the role of non-traditional water sources, e.g., re-claimed/treated water, in enhancing water security, sustainability, and resiliency.
Submissions should address the viability, limitations, obstacles to adoption, drawbacks, and unintended consequences of solutions. While we welcome case studies, we especially encourage submitting papers that synthesize research and practice on a particular topic. We also welcome studies providing social science perspectives on the ways water policy and management, including water accessibility and quality, shape and are shaped by the protection of ecosystem services, transboundary conflict and cooperation, the water–energy–food nexus, coastal zone vulnerability, sustainable development, and water rights and justice at local, regional, and global scales.
Dr. Dat Q Tran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- irrigated agriculture
- cropping patterns
- irrigation technologies
- managed aquifer recharge (MAR)
- re-claimed/treated water
- water–energy–food nexus
- transboundary conflict and cooperation
- water institutions
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