Sustainable Agricultural Water Management Under Climate Change
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural water management, including irrigation and drainage; design, monitoring, and evaluating practices for soil health, agroecosystem sustainability, and environmental quality; field- and watershed-scale monitoring and modeling of hydrology, water quality, greenhouse gases, carbon, and nutrient cycling; farmer-friendly decision tools
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Interests: agricultural water quality; soil health; agricultural water management; agroecosystem sustainability; environmental monitoring and data analytics; nutrient transport and pollution control; field-scale experimentation; hydrological and ecosystem modeling; soil-water interaction; climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies; irrigation; stakeholder collaboration and community engagement; machine learning; artificial intelligence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is profoundly altering the availability, distribution, and quality of water resources, posing major challenges for sustainable agricultural production, with its consequences including more frequent and intense droughts and floods, erratic rainfall, rising temperatures, deforestation, soil salinization, desertification, degradation of watersheds, and shrinking or expanding cultivated lands. These transformations are intensifying pressures on agricultural water systems, threatening both food security and ecosystem health.
This Special Issue, “Sustainable Agricultural Water Management Under Climate Change,” aims to present cutting-edge research and practical solutions that enhance water productivity, improve soil–water–crop interactions, and mitigate climate risks. Innovative and adaptive strategies, such as climate-smart irrigation and drainage systems, integrated watershed management, drainage water recycling, managed aquifer recharge, soil moisture conservation, water reuse technologies, nature-based solutions, and integrated soil–water–nutrient management, can play a central role in addressing these challenges.
We therefore invite original research papers, reviews, and case studies addressing topics such as climate-smart irrigation and drainage, water reuse and conservation technologies, modeling of hydrologic and nutrient processes under changing climates, and policy frameworks supporting sustainable water governance in agriculture. By integrating field experiments, data analytics, and modeling approaches, this Special Issue seeks to advance understanding and promote adaptive water management strategies that safeguard both food security and ecosystem resilience.
Dr. Vinayak S. Shedekar
Guest Editor
Dr. Babak Dialameh
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- sustainable agriculture
- climate change adaptation
- water management
- irrigation and drainage
- hydrologic modeling
- soil–water–crop interactions
- water quality
- resilience
- precision agriculture
- decision-support systems
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