Novel Approaches in Water Productivity
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2020) | Viewed by 2761
Special Issue Editors
Interests: developing remote sensing applications for irrigated agriculture; hydrology and natural resources monitoring
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The combined effect of the growing population, changing diet preferences, and the rising demand for biofuels is putting increased pressure on global freshwater resources. In many parts of the world, freshwater scarcity is already evident and unless the management of these resources is improved, future limitations may constrain global food and fiber production. To address these growing pressures, there is an increased emphasis on managing water responsibly. This requires knowledge of water productivity, sectoral water footprint, distribution system efficiency and water governance. Water productivity analysis and its interpretation are dependent on the scales of analysis: crops, fields, farms, irrigation systems, basins and agricultural regions. Thus, the challenge is understanding variation of water productivity across space and time with clear terminology and definitions.
This Special Issue invites submissions related to water productivity assessment employing different tools including field trials and data, modeling, remote sensing, and a combination of these. Emphasis will be given to novel approaches in assessing the water productivity of crops, livestock products, fisheries in different regions of the world. Papers describing how future climate change might affect water productivity levels are also welcome. In addition, papers might set water productivity benchmarks, identify water productivity gaps, and describe approaches to close water productivity gaps.
Dr. Christopher M. U. NealeDr. Mesfin Mekonnen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Water productivity
- Water productivity benchmarks
- Water productivity gaps
- Field trials
- Remote sensing
- Crop modeling
- Sustainability
