Crop growth and soil water balance modeling to explore water management options

Crop growth and soil water balance modeling to explore water management options
Author: Ines, A. V. M.Droogers, P.Makin, I. W.Das Gupta, A.
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2001
Genre: Crops
ISBN: 9290904585

The study was on the performance of the decision support system for agrotechnology transfer (DSSAT) and the soil water atmosphere plant (SWAP) under an acid sulphate soil. The comparison of these models was done as a prerequisite to the selection of an appropriate model, which is capable of simulating water management scenarios, water balance and crop growth, to be coupled with an adaptive optimization algorithm that can be used to explore water management options.

Advances in Irrigation

Advances in Irrigation
Author: Daniel Hillel
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483215261

Advances in Irrigation, Volume 2 covers topics on the developments in the science and practice of irrigation. The book presents articles on irrigation scheduling and applied timing criteria; the problem of energy utilization and management in irrigation; and the relationship between irrigation requirements and crop response in terms of crop-water production functions. The text also includes articles on the development and prospects of irrigation in Australia, as well as the application of a plant-environment model to problems in irrigation. The economic analysis of on-farm irrigation using response functions of crops and irrigation scheduling based on a dynamic crop response model are also encompassed. Industrial engineers, agronomists, economists, agriculturists, hydrologists, hydraulic engineers, and agricultural engineers will find the book invaluable.

Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions

Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions
Author: Giuseppe Rossi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781402011405

The increasing risk of severe droughts and water shortages emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to drought mitigation. However, effective tools for the implementation of such an approach have not been available till now. This book contributes to an improved preparedness for drought in water supply systems, providing tools useful for a better decision making process in drought management. It presents methods and software features of a Decision Support System (DSS) developed within a European research project and consists of three main parts. The first part deals with the advanced techniques for hydrological drought identification and monitoring; the second analyses the successful use of climate-crop-soil models in defining deficit irrigation strategies; the third provides tools for improving the operation of irrigation supply reservoirs.

Issues in Agricultural Development

Issues in Agricultural Development
Author: Margot A. Bellamy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1992
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This text, the sixth in the IAAE Occasional Paper series, contains the 45 contributed papers at the 21st International Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, held in Tokyo in 1991. It also includes notes of poster papers and of other conference events.

OECD Studies on Water Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture

OECD Studies on Water Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2010-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 926408357X

This report calls on policy makers to recognise the issues at stake in water resource management in agriculture and gives them the tools to do so, offering a wealth of information on recent trends and the outlook for water resource use in agriculture.