Sustainable Management in Agricultural Irrigated Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 5779
Special Issue Editor
Interests: irrigation water management; diffuse pollution; water and soil quality; crop and hydrological modeling; phosphorus contamination; nitrate contamination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture is facing multiple crucial challenges. In order to feed the growing world population, which could reach more than nine billion by 2050, it will be necessary to double the production of crops. This, in turn, is driving agricultural expansion and intensification. However, there is a growing focus on the sustainability of the agricultural production system, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, where irrigation is required for competitive and profitable agriculture. The increase in irrigation water demand, the effects of climate change (that will decrease the availability of water for agriculture) and the growing concern about the negative impacts on the environment induced by irrigation (water bodies pollution, overexploitation of aquifers, farmland salinization, etc.) are calling for more effective and efficient use of irrigation water and other agricultural inputs, such as nutrients and pesticides.
This Special Issue is dedicated to crucial research that addresses the current challenges posed to the productivity and sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems. This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts presenting efforts to develop and apply sustainable management practices or strategies that achieve irrigation water saving and adaptation to drought and climate change, and environmental solutions to reduce the negative impact of crop management at different scales (from the local to the regional level or at field and watershed scale).
Dr. Farida Dechmi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Best management practices
- Irrigation return flows
- Diffuse pollution
- Irrigation water efficiency
- Irrigated system sustainability
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