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Context Traditional Irrigation Systems (TIS) are ancient, complex hydro-social systems that entangle a network of socio-technical-ecological relationships, having endured for centuries. TIS faces threats from rural desertification, climate chang[...]
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A.E.K. Vozinaki ; I.V. Anyfanti ; G.P. Karatzas ; E.A. Varouchakis ; C. Ceseracciu ; G. Branca ; R. Deriu ; P.P. Roggero ; I.D. Çetinkaya ; C.I. Aydin ; N. Copty ; S. Jomaa |Competing demands from agriculture and tourism place significant strain on water governance in Mediterranean regions, highlighting the need for more inclusive and adaptive management strategies. This study examines participatory water governance[...]
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Climate change is forcing a fundamental revision of water management in agriculture, particularly in Mediterranean viticulture. In Italy, rising average temperatures, irregular rainfall patterns, and the frequent occurrence of extreme events are[...]
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R. Pergamo ; L.A. Folino ; M. Ferrigno ; M. Furini ; M. Hamam ; V. Manganiello ; A. Manzoni ; A. Pesce ; B. Rocchi |Safeguarding water resources has become a strategic need to maintain the viability of agricultural operations, which are significantly reliant on water accessibility. The urgency of this requirement is amplified by the manifest effects of climat[...]
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L. Jallal ; S. Er-Raki ; S. Khabba ; J. Ezzahar ; O. Kaissi ; Z. Rafi ; A. Chehbouni |This study aims to calibrate and validate the AquaCrop model to accurately simulate key growth parameters of pea crops in the semi-arid Chichaoua region of central Morocco. It specifically targets, canopy cover (CC), actual evapotranspiration (E[...]
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A.A. Fernandes-Silva ; A. Ben-Gal ; R.D. Miranda Fernandes ; R. Gucci ; B. Imrak ; D.K. Andima ; T.A. Paço ; O. Garcia-Tejera |Water productivity (WP) in olive orchards is crucial for sustainable agriculture, particularly in water-scarce Mediterranean regions affected by climate change. This review examines strategies to improve WP, including deficit irrigation (DI), se[...]
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H. Ghazouani ; D. De Caro ; M. Ippolito ; F. Capodici ; G. Ciraolo |Climate change and water scarcity are major threats to the sustainability of wheat production in Mediterranean regions. Thus, timely and reliable water demand assessments are crucial to drive decisions on crop management strategies that are usef[...]
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E. Lopez-Pérez ; J. Manzano-Juarez ; M.A. Jiménez-Bello ; A. García-Prats ; C. Sanchis-Ibor ; A. Rubio-Martín ; F.Z. Boubekri ; A. Kajji ; P. Tufoni ; L.M. Nunes ; M. Pulido-Velazquez |Irrigated agriculture in Mediterranean semi-arid regions is increasingly constrained by aquifer depletion and climate change. Enhancing water use efficiency in the irrigation of perennial crops is essential for long-term agricultural sustainabil[...]
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V. Niccolucci ; M.M. Kemda ; M. Marchi ; G. Cai ; C. Montefrancesco ; S. Parri ; A. Di Noi ; E. Alberti |The Italian wine industry, while economically significant, is also associated with environmental impacts, including the over-exploitation of water resources and the deterioration of water quality. As a result, water management has become an incr[...]
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Water diplomacy provides a way to manage shared water resources through inclusive, cooperative, and flexible methods. In the Nile Basin, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has become a key point of regional tension. It highlights the com[...]
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Integrating traditional irrigation knowledge with modern sustainable water management practices offers valuable solutions to water scarcity in arid regions. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces significant climate challenges, inc[...]
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Climate change poses increasing challenges to Reclamation Consortia, which must ensure equitable and sustainable water distribution under conditions of growing scarcity. This study evaluates supplemental irrigation management strategies adopted [...]
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Water reuse is a promising strategy to mitigate water scarcity in Mediterranean agriculture yet its uptake remains limited due to low public acceptance, high treatment costs and strict safety regulations. While innovative technologies are emergi[...]
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M.F. Aslam ; S. Masia ; D. Spano ; V. Mereu ; M. Debolini ; R.L. Snyder ; A. Borgo ; A. Trabucco |Water scarcity is one of the foremost concerns for the agricultural sector due to limited water resources, increasing water demand, and climate change. Currently, the agricultural sector accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, and an [...]
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Food production is among the most environmentally intensive human activities, and its impacts are intensifying under population growth and increasingly resource-demanding consumption patterns. Agricultural practices have responded through the ex[...]
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I. El Fartassi ; H. Metcalfe ; R. El Alami ; A. Diarra ; V. Alonso-Chavez ; T.W. Waine ; J. Zawadzka ; A.E. Milne ; R. Corstanje |Climate change has disrupted weather patterns and heightened drought risks in arid and semi-arid regions, requiring adaptations to crop and irrigation strategies to sustain food production. This study integrates qualitative and quantitative appr[...]
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Monitoring water consumption trends in the agricultural sector (as the largest consumer of available water resources), especially considering climate change effects, is one of the most essential requirements for long-term water resource planning[...]
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The Axarquía region in southern Spain, a hotspot of avocado and mango production in Europe, underwent an extreme water crisis in 2019–2024. Reservoir levels dropped below the 8% outlet threshold and groundwater in the main aquifer dropped to sea[...]
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M. Ridaoui ; A. Razzouki ; H. Ouhbi ; M. Oudgou ; A. Boudhar |Morocco, located in an arid region and increasingly affected by climate change, faces chronic water stress. This structural vulnerability places mounting pressure on the country's water resources. International trade contributes significantly to[...]
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R. Saci ; M. Keblouti ; O.M. Katipoglu ; B. Durin ; H. Majour ; L. Sayad ; F. Bouzahar ; L. Benchaiba |The estimation of monthly reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is important for the efficient management of water resources, especially in regions with limited meteorological station coverage such as Algeria. For this purpose, different prediction[...]
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Climate change is expected to reduce water availability during cropping season, while growing populations and rising living standards will increase the global water demand. This creates an urgent need for national water management tools to optim[...]
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Morocco is grappling with the severe effects of climate change, causing droughts and decreasing annual precipitation. Agriculture, a significant sector of the economy and livelihood for a significant portion of the population, is facing the brun[...]
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N. Amdar ; A. Anwar ; A. Elmahdi ; J. Al-Bakri ; G. Jewitt ; M. Mul |Jordan's Amman-Zarqa (AZ) basin faces increasing water scarcity due to increasing demands and persistent groundwater over-abstractions for irrigation. To address this issue, water conservation has been set as a national strategy, and several ini[...]
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M.S. Demir ; A. Muratoglu ; V. Kartal ; H. Nas |Climate change intensifies pressures on agricultural water resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. This study evaluates the interplay between climate variability and agricultural water footprint (WF) dynamics in Türkiye from 1990 [...]
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Agricultural water resource management is increasingly challenged by climate variability, land degradation, and socio-economic pressures, particularly in the Mediterranean region. This study, conducted in 2023-2024 within the REACT4MED project ([...]
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F. Messaoudi ; B. Ben Nouna ; A. Chebil ; F. Ounaies ; A. Ben Alaya |Tunisia is characterized by water scarcity, growing water demand and considerable waste of this resource especially in the agricultural sector. To cope with this situation and enhance water productivity, appropriate utilization of advanced irrig[...]
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K. Daudin ; G. Belaud ; C. Leauthaud ; Z. Bouzidi ; C. Lejars |The vulnerability of irrigated systems in areas coping with water scarcity has boosted the demand for information and communication technologies (ICTs), e.g. tools and services derived from field sensors or satellite data. ICTs are promising too[...]
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This pioneering study employs the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus (WEFEN) framework to evaluate the sustainability of various wheat irrigation systems—furrow (FI), sprinkler (SI), and drip irrigation (DI)—by integrating renewable energy (sol[...]
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Water scarcity is a critical challenge in arid and semi-arid regions, where agricultural water consumption accounts for a significant portion of freshwater use. Conventional agriculture (CA) methods with high reliance on chemical and mechanical [...]
