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The integration of remote sensing and socio-economic data is crucial for policy making in regions suffering from water scarcity and climate change. We present a framework that combines remotely sensed estimates of biomass and water use from FAO'[...]Article
Climate change, characterized by rising temperatures and limited precipitation, has intensified the demand for irrigation water while simultaneously restricting its availability. This challenge poses significant risks to agricultural and food pr[...]Article
The era of climate change is already upon us. The UN is on its way to declare highest ocean surface temperatures and also a very short winter and spring. It is a widely recognized fact that the biggest impact of climate change will be felt by th[...]Article
Water is the main limiting factor in agricultural production in regions where the annual or seasonal rainfall is insufficient for the water requirements of crops [...]Article
H. Darouich ; L. Simionesei ; A.R. Oliveira ; R. Neves ; T.B. Ramos |The IrrigaSys decision support system (DSS) has supported farmers decision-making regarding irrigation scheduling in the Sorraia Valley irrigation district in Southern Portugal over a span of six years (20172022). This study aims to conduct a [...]Article
The irrigation water requirements of different crops are becoming a pivotal driver for the governance strategies of water allocation and management. This paper estimates the impact of irrigation water requirements on economic value in terms of t[...]Ouvrage
S. Lamine ; P.K. Srivastava ; A. Kayad ; F. Muñoz-Arriola ; P.C. Pandey | Oxford [Royaume-Uni] : Academic Press | Earth Observation Series | 2024Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation compiles the latest applications of remote sensing in agriculture using spaceborne, airborne and drones geospatial data. The book presents case studies[...]Article
Egypts quota of Nile River water has been constant since the 1950s, despite the continual agricultural land expansion. To facilitate land reclamation, Egypt has reallocated Nile water from downstream users, mostly smallholders in the old lands[...]Article
T. Mabhaudhi ; T.L. Dirwai ; C. Taguta ; A. Sikka ; J. Lautze |While there is a proliferation of Decision Support Tools (DSTs) to enhance agricultural water productivity (AWP) and related objectives such as food security, an assessment of their adoption and performance is not known to be undertaken. To deve[...]Article
Agricultural production and food are strategically important for nutrition, which is the basic requirement of living. Adequate supply of food depends on the sustainability of agricultural activities. Despite the proportional increase in other se[...]Article
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The United Nations calls for action to achieve 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). We argue that the current development paradigm is an impediment to achieving several of these goals. We identify 14 agricultural research and development (R&[...]Article
Entre épisodes de sécheresse et excès de précipitations, la gestion de la ressource en eau devient stratégique et prioritaire pour nos sociétés. Essentielle au développement des plantes, leau est la ressource première de lagriculture et des fi[...]Article
La réponse au besoin en eau de lagriculture devient un enjeu crucial face au changement climatique et à lobjectif de souveraineté alimentaire. Avec des ressources en eau et une disponibilité de plus en restreinte en été sur les territoires en[...]Article
H. Saadi ; K. Debabeche ; F. Traore |Knowing the water needs of the date palm is essential, not only for its optimal production, but also for the management of water resources. This study aims to evaluate the irrigation performance of the date palm production system in the region o[...]Article
Les changements climatiques actuels mettent la gestion de leau agricole au coeur de nombreux débats. Les sécheresses observées pendant plusieurs années de suite ont entraîné une réduction des ressources hydrique et ont conduit à un nouveau rega[...]Article
Concerns about sustainability, climate change and increasing inter-sectoral competition for water and land are pressing societies to set a new course in economic development, agriculture, water distribution and the environment. Although changes [...]Ouvrage
La question de l'eau en méditerranée devient de plus en plus importante en raison du réchauffement climatique, des catastrophes naturelles telles que les sécheresses et les inondations. Elle a été étudiée scientifiquement sous plusieurs angles, [...]Article
Climate change is a challenging fact influencing diverse sectors in society including the agricultural one, which is heavily dependent on natural resources and climate. In the Mediterranean region, climate change-related increases in air tempera[...]Article
Y. Khardi ; G. Lacombe ; M. Kuper ; A. Taky ; S. Bouarfa ; A. Hammani |Les agriculteurs utilisant les eaux des khettaras, galeries souterraines drainant la nappe phréatique et donnant un accès collectif à leau souterraine dans les oasis, font aujourdhui face à un dilemme. Les khettaras se tarissent sous leffet c[...]Article
Irrigation is one of the main users of water worldwide and its overuse may affect the natural regimes of water systems. To avoid this, drainage and irrigation management needs to be improved. This study aims to determine the amount of water lost[...]Article
Due to poor water resources management, groundwater-dependent agriculture induces substantial stress on several aquifer systems worldwide, which poses a serious threat to water and food security. However, only a few studies have addressed this v[...]Article
Appropriate irrigation water management has attracted a considerable degree of attention because it is crucial to guarantee water and food security worldwide. A smart irrigation system is applied for the rational use of water in agricultural fie[...]Article
CONTEXT In the Middle Ages, the Muslims introduced communal water management in the Iberian Peninsula. Some irrigation systems of medieval origin are still in operation in the mountainous areas of Southern Spain. Snowmelt runoff is diverted duri[...]Article
R.S. Makar ; S.A. Shahin ; M. El-Nazer ; A. Wheida ; M. Abd El-Hady |Climate change and its impact on agriculture and water resources have become a global concern. The implications of extreme weather events on food production and water resource availability are starting to have social and economic effects worldwi[...]Article
Decisions on irrigation water management are usually made at different levels, including farms, water user associations (WUAs), and regional water planning agencies. The latter generally have good access to information and decision tools regardi[...]Article
M. Ruberto ; G. Branca ; S. Troiano ; R. Zucaro |The Water Framework Directive (WFD) has introduced economic principles for water resource management, including the environmental cost recovery on the basis of the polluter pays principle (PPP). Agriculture, as a potential driver of pressures on[...]Article
A.M.S. Kheir ; G. Hoogenboom ; K.A. Ammar ; M. Ahmed ; T. Feike ; A. Elnashar ; B. Liu ; Z. Ding ; S. Asseng |Current wheat crop management practices in the Nile Delta of Egypt are unsustainable due to the overuse of limited water resources. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate opportunities to maximize wheat yield and resource efficiency[...]Article
N.N. Kourgialas ; A. Hliaoutakis ; A.V. Argyriou ; G. Morianou ; A.E. Voulgarakis ; E. Kokinou ; I.N. Daliakopoulos ; D. Kalderis ; K. Tzerakis ; G. Psarras ; N. Papadopoulos ; T. Manios ; A. Vafidis ; P. Soupios |The aim of this paper is the creation of an integrated and free-access web platform for parcel irrigation water management on a large spatial scale (Water District of Crete, in Greece) in order to: a) accurately determine the irrigation needs of[...]Article
This study proposes a novel agri-environmental payment scheme aimed at saving irrigation water. The design incorporates an outcomes-based reward system, ensuring effective savings of water volumes in on-farm uses. A choice experiment (CE) was co[...]Article
The expanded use of water-intensive crops, such as maize, has exacerbated soil drying and water scarcity in watersheds with large irrigated surfaces. As we face climbing drought risks, water can be conserved in such areas by adopting agricultura[...]Article
S. Shin ; D. Aziz ; M.E.A. El-Sayed ; M. Hazman ; L. Almas ; M. McFarland ; A.S. El Din ; S.J. Burian |Agricultural land expansion is a solution to address global food security challenges in the context of climate change. However, the sustainability of expansion in arid countries is difficult because of scarce surface water resources, groundwater[...]Article
N. Rogy ; P. Roux ; T. Salou ; C. Pradinaud ; A. Sferratore ; N. Géhéniau ; A. Hélias ; E. Loiseau |Abstract This paper aims to assess the conditions under which hydraulic projects can be considered as an efficient option, from an environmental point of view, to secure water supply of agricultural areas using the Territorial Life Cycle Assessm[...]Article
Lenvironnement dans le monde entier subit une dégradation très alarmante. Cela se manifeste au niveau de pénurie des ressources en eaux souterraines, due notamment au changement climatique qui se manifeste dans le réchauffement climatique. Les [...]Article
R. Gamal ; M. El-Shirbeny ; A. Abou-Hadid ; A. Swelam ; A.-G. El-Gindy ; Y. Arafa ; V. Nangia |Evapotranspiration (ET) is a significant consumer of irrigation water and precipitation on cropland. Global and regional interest in the sustainable management of limited freshwater supplies to meet the rapidly increasing population and food dem[...]Article
N. Kalboussi ; Y. Biard ; L. Pradeleix ; A. Rapaport ; C. Sinfort ; N. Ait-mouheb |This study presents a decision support tool that evaluates the environmental efficiency of water reclamation for agricultural irrigation, among other options. The developed tool is published as open source at https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/YLP1BA[...]Article
G. Mancuso ; M.C.M. Parlato ; S. Lavrnic ; A. Toscano ; F. Valenti |Agriculture is the major water user worldwide and it is expected to be negatively affected by climate change and water scarcity. The use of non-conventional water resources could be the solution to overcome this issue. In fact, treated wastewate[...]Article
O. El Mountassir ; M. Bahir ; A. Chehbouni ; D. Dhiba ; H. El Jiar |Groundwater is essential for both water supply and environmental conservation, especially in semi-arid and desert areas. Managing groundwater resources requires a thorough understanding of groundwater characteristics and dynamics. The hydrogeoch[...]Article
F. Chemak ; H. Mazhoud ; Z. Rached ; A. Gara ; R. Rahmeni ; H. Ghannem |In Tunisia, the development of the irrigated cereal sector plays a key role in the mitigation of the fluctuation of the rainfed production and to ensure a minimum of production. However, the archived yields remain under the expected potential pe[...]Article
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A. Chebil ; R. Soula ; A. Souissi ; B. Bennouna |This study examines the effects of irrigation water use efficiency improvements and citrus price fluctuations on water values in the tree production systems of northeastern Tunisia. It also aims to compare water values with the real price of wat[...]Article
The relative scarcity of water resources in Algeria and their unequal distribution induce a rational use of available resources. The Zana-Gadaïne plain appears as an exemplary case study, where the difficulties posed by the problem of crop water[...]Article
Sustainable management is a prerequisite for a lake to provide a range of ecosystem services. The prioritization of needs is a difficult task, especially when the needs are in conflict and threaten water security. Lake Karla, situated in the The[...]Article
J.T. Al-Bakri ; G. D'Urso ; C. Batchelor ; M. Abukhalaf ; A. Alobeiaat ; A. Al-Khreisat ; D. Vallée |Remote sensing can provide important and updated information for agricultural water accounting (AWA). In this study, data from the open-access portal (WaPOR) of the Food and Agricultural Organization was used in AWA to assess levels of agricultu[...]Article
E. Madene ; A. Boufekane ; M. Meddi ; G. Busico ; A. Zghibi |The proposed study aims to assess groundwater quality and suitability of the Upper and Middle Cheliff plains (northwest of Algeria) for irrigation and drinking. Here the groundwater is the main source for domestic, agricultural and industrial ac[...]Article
F. Alcon ; J.A. Zabala ; V. Martínez-García ; J.A. Albaladejo ; E.I. Lopez-Becerra ; M.D. de-Miguel ; J.M. Martínez-Paz |Irrigation water is a vital input for agricultural production. The supply of irrigation water to crops enhances land productivity and affects the agroecosystem functioning. Agroecosystems co-provide a wide range of agroecosystem services and dis[...]Article
Lobjectif de cette étude est danalyser les stratégies individuelles et les déterminants dadaptation au changement climatique (CC) des irrigants dans le sud-est Tunisien. Un questionnaire denquête a été administré à 157 chefs dexploitations [...]Article
Groundwater serves as the most reliable source of water both for domestic use and for irrigation in arid zones, which are characterized by low rainfall and high evaporation. To overcome the water scarcity in these regions traditional water manag[...]Article
Over the last years, the global application of machine learning (ML) models in groundwater quality studies has proved to be a robust alternative tool to produce highly accurate results at a low cost. This research aims to evaluate the ability of[...]Article
The pressure on water resources that Algeria encounters is due to the scarcity and the water demand increase by different sectors of activity. This induces managers to reconsider the traditional supply management approach. The new water policies[...]Article
Agricultural policies and social change influence irrigation management decisions and their associated effects. The changes in the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union have deeply affected irrigated agriculture in the Mediterranean r[...]Article
Y. Ahansal ; M. Bouziani ; R. Yaagoubi ; I. Sebari ; K. Sebari ; L. Kenny |Agriculture consumes an important ratio of the water reserve in irrigated areas. The improvement of irrigation is becoming essential to reduce this high water consumption by adapting supplies to the crop needs and avoiding losses. This global is[...]Ouvrage
Le contexte du changement climatique et de la transition agroécologique renforce lexigence dun usage sobre de leau en agriculture. Lirrigation fait lobjet de nombreux débats quant à lamélioration de ses performances tant technologiques qu[...]Article
The Water Footprint (WFP) is an estimate of freshwater utilization in food production and its impacts on water resources by individuals, communities and industries. It is partitioned into green component that denotes rain water use, blue, ground[...]Article
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Innovative irrigation techniques should be implemented to improve irrigation management in dryland countries. In this regard, a new scheme, that uses three sets of irrigation depth and numerically simulated cumulative transpiration, was evaluate[...]Article
Long-term impact of wastewater irrigation on soil pollution and degradation: a case study from Egypt
There is consensus on the impact of wastewater irrigation on soil properties and heavy metal accumulation. The studies that show the impact of temporal changes as a result of different long-term additions of wastewater on the heavy metal accumul[...]Article
K. Canaj ; D. Morrone ; R. Roma ; F. Boari ; V. Cantore ; M. Todorovic |The agricultural sector in the Mediterranean region, is increasingly using reclaimed water as an additional source for irrigation. However, there is a limited number of case studies about product-based life cycle analysis to ensure that the over[...]Article
The Harran Basin is an important region where agricultural activities have been conducted for millennia. The agricultural water needs of the basin are largely met with surface irrigation through the GAP (South-Eastern Anatolian Project), while g[...]Article
This paper presents a comprehensive study to assess the impact of climate change on Egypt?s water resources, focusing on irrigation water for agricultural crops, considering that the agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water in Egypt. [...]Article
In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as farmers current demands are lower than was prev[...]Article
Le secteur agricole constitue une activité importante au Maroc, représentant 14% du produit national brut et employant 40% de la population active. Avec l'émergence de la pandémie de la Covid-19, il a été ébranlé par des incertitudes économiques[...]Article
Increasing population and the need for more food has made demands on water resources due to crop productions. One of the strategies for preventing the overuses of safe water resources for agriculture is to increase agricultural productivity by r[...]Article
The countries in the Mediterranean basin increasingly specialized in Mediterranean agricultural products for exports throughout the twentieth century. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to quantify and discuss on the impacts th[...]Article
Integrated Water Resources Management is a topic of great importance for both researchers and decision-makers, among the solutions proposed to better manage this crucial resource what is called an aquifer contract, which is a participatory way o[...]Article
La présente recherche vise à étudier les effets de la dégradation des ressources naturelles sur la petite agriculture dans la vallée de lOued Khoumane, Moulay Idriss, Province de Meknès au Maroc. Dans cette perspective, une enquête par question[...]Article
Various governments are struggling to meet the water demand of their countries due to climate change, pollution, population growth, and the overuse of water resources. Thus, rationalizing water consumption has become a priority to meet these cha[...]Article
The city of Sidi Bel Abbes is home to one of the most fertile plains of Algeria, where agriculture is mostly groundwater based. Unfortunately, the quality of this water resource has been considerably deteriorated by pollution over time. The pr[...]Article
In the first part of this paper, we deal with the sharing of water in the Ziban region. Several soties in the oasis of Chetma were carried out during the period: 2000-2020. Data and information on the water distribution network were collected fr[...]Article
This study examines the water division in the oases of Garta, Sidi Okba, Thouda and Seriana located on the outskirts of Labiod River. For centuries, these oases have been supplied with water by systems of small dams built along the Labiod River.[...]Article
I. Daghari ; M.R. El Zarroug ; C. Muanda ; J.R. Kompany ; S. Kanzari ; A.B. Mimoun |Irrigation in Tunisia is threatened all over the country. The irrigated coastal area of Dyiar-Al-Hujjej has observed a drop in agricultural activity following a seawater intrusion. Thus, yields have become disrupted in direct relation to the qua[...]Article
This paper introduces a new methodology for evaluating water resources management scenarios considering different aspects of their hydrological ecosystem services. The temporal variations of supplied water to different demands are assessed as pr[...]Ouvrage
Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated approach. This book presents a collection of recent developments and [...]Article
Z. Moumen ; I. Elhassnaoui ; W. Khaddi ; M.A. Wahba ; A. Lahrach |Future projection shows that the availability of freshwater per capita will decrease to 560 m3/year by 2030 in Morocco. In this realm of adopting efficient irrigation, alternatives become a priority to overcome water shortage. The presente[...]Article
This paper aims to determine farmers willingness to pay for irrigation water, using the residual value method, for the most representative crops at six Irrigation Communities from the Alentejo region, southern Portugal. The main objective of th[...]Article
La politique de l'eau menée en Tunisie a longtemps accordé une place prépondérante à des réalisations destinées à améliorer l'offre, au double point de vue quantitatif et qualitatif. D'ailleurs, dans tous les plans de développement économique, c[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
G. Gruère ; M. Shigemitsu | Paris [France] : OCDE | OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers | 2021Measuring policy progress on agriculture and water policies is essential to help decision makers identify necessary policy changes and understand how further progress may be achieved to improve agricultural water management. A thorough review of[...]Article
H. Bazzi ; N. Baghdadi ; I. Fayad ; F. Charron ; M. Zribi ; H. Belhouchette |Better management of water consumption and irrigation schedule in irrigated agriculture is essential in order to save water resources, especially at regional scales and under changing climatic conditions. In the context of water management, the [...]Article
Water storage requirements in the Mediterranean region vary in time and are strongly affected by the local geography and climate conditions. The objective of this study is to assess the implications of climate change on the water balance of an a[...]Article
Integrating stakeholder views and system dynamics to assess the waterenergyfood nexus in Andalusia
A nexus approach can support the transition to sustainability by addressing trade-offs and pursuing synergies to improve water, energy, and food security. In this paper, a participatory system dynamics model was developed to identify and assess [...]Article
F. Pedrero ; S.R. Grattan ; A. Ben-Gal ; G.A. Vivaldi |Olive trees are iconic to the Mediterranean landscape and in recent times, have expanded to other regions across the globe that share similar climatic conditions. Olive oil production benefits from irrigation, but with a changing climate and unc[...]Article
J. Schuler ; R. Adelhart Toorop ; M. Willaume ; A. Vermue ; N. Schläfke ; S. Uthes ; P. Zander ; W.A.H. Rossing |Regional impact studies are needed to explore possible adaptation options to climate change. We estimated impacts and adaptation options for future scenarios that feature different assumptions regarding climate, cropping pattern and access to ir[...]Article
Desalinated sea water (DSW) provides a steady agricultural water supply that overcomes climatological and hydrological constraints, fostering food security and socio-economic stability in water-stressed regions. In the last decade, seawater desa[...]Article
La filière marocaine des fruits rouges a connu un essor consistant durant la dernière décennie, soutenue par la stratégie nationale agricole et tractée par lexpansion de la demande sur les marchés internationaux. Cependant, lévolution qua enr[...]Article
L. Parra ; L. Parra ; M. Botella-Campos ; H. Puerto ; B. Roig-Merino ; J. Lloret |Improving water efficiency in farming systems is one of the major challenges of these decades. Water scarcity due to climate change, together with the increasing demand of food, is leading experts from around the world find appropriate indicator[...]Article
Regulating water use in agriculture in water stressed basins is a challenging task. Recent scholarship emphasises the need to combine strong State oversight for achieving the collective extraction caps with considerable leeway to users to alloca[...]Article
M. Bijani ; D. Hayati ; H. Azadi ; V. Tanaskovik ; F. Witlox |This study aimed to analyze the causes and consequences of agricultural water conflicts among agricultural water beneficiaries in the irrigation network of Doroodzan dam, Iran. This research applied mixed-method and descriptive analysis, which w[...]Article
Irrigation water accounting (IWA) plays a key role in irrigation management in arid or semi-arid environments. Currently, water managers perform IWA through indirect or direct measurements such as statistical methods or flow meters. However, the[...]Article
In this study, an integrated environmental risk assessment (ERA) study involving frequent monitoring of both water and soil parameters (24 on total), was carried out to assess and compare the environmental risk quality of three pistachio (Pistac[...]Article
M.P. Papadopoulou ; D. Charchousi ; K. Spanoudaki ; A. Karali ; K.V. Varotsos ; C. Giannakopoulos ; M. Markou ; M. Loizidou |This study focuses on the quantification of climate change (CC) effects on agricultural water availability in Cyprus. Projections of climatic variables, based on Regional Climate Models (RCMs) forced by the Representative Concentration Pathways [...]Article
Reuse of wastewater (WW) as an agricultural irrigation source is being considered with increasing interest, mainly in arid and semiarid zones. However, due to the complex nature of WW its reuse can have an impact on the fate of the pesticides ad[...]Article
Apulia has a considerable demand of irrigation water, however high inefficiency levels of the collective water networks force most of the regional farms to use groundwater, with a consequent worsening of its quality, as well as of soil and crops[...]Article
Understanding the complex relationship between water, agriculture and poverty (WAP) is essential for informed policy-making in light of increasing demand for scarce water resources and greater climatic variability. Yet, our understanding of the [...]Article
This study describes the evolution of the Spanish irrigated sector and focuses on water abstraction, water consumption, and energy use in the period 19502017. The analysis shows evidence of the basins reaching closure state and the impact on en[...]Article
In coastal saline areas, many studies ignore salinity problems when quantifying the impacts of climate change on irrigation water requirement. Based on 11 years (20082018) of field investigations in a Tunisian coastal oasis, this study simulate[...]Article
Cette enquête ethnographique conduite en 2015 vise à comprendre comment les agriculteurs de la Beqaa construisent leur tenure de leau dirrigation en lien avec la tenure de la terre, et quelles sont les modalités dappropriation et dutilisatio[...]Ouvrage
D. Leenhardt, coord. ; M. Voltz, coord. ; O. Barreteau, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Synthèses | 2020Leau est un enjeu majeur dans de nombreuses régions du monde du fait de besoins en forte croissance, mais aussi de la rareté et de la dégradation des ressources disponibles. Lagriculture étant le premier usager de la ressource en eau, la durab[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
C. Ton Nu, coord. ; P. Bergeret, coord. ; C. Dubreuil, coord. ; K. Fouchy, coord. ; D. Abdul Malak ; V. Belsanti ; G. Benoît ; O. Bessaoud ; M. Blinda ; C. Bogliotti ; H. Boyé ; C. Cardete ; V. Castillo ; L. Chazée ; T. Darwish ; J. Demenois ; A. Fouial ; T. Gauquelin ; T. Gidron ; R. Gros ; A. Guelmami ; J. Guiot ; A. Hamdy ; T. Krommydas ; M. Karner ; G. Ladisa ; N. Lamaddalena ; A. Marín Guerrero ; F. Martinez Capel ; M. Milano ; T. Pelte ; M. Requier-Desjardins ; R. Roson ; J.L. Rubio ; L. Tode ; R. Touron ; C. Tsakas ; Ministry of Environmental Protection (Jerusalem, Israël) | 2020Food security and water security in the Mediterranean are intrinsically linked and are facing similar challenges. Food security is threatened mainly by the high dependency of Mediterranean countries on food imports, making them vulnerable to ext[...]Article
En associant ethnographie et approche diachronique dans une commune de la plaine de Marrakech, cet article tente de montrer la coconstruction dans le temps dun terroir irrigué et dun groupe social. Les enjeux techniques et politico-économiques[...]Article
In southern Tunisia water for irrigation is very important. Its management requires adequate control to ensure the sustainability of the irrigated lands. Affected by desertification, natural resources are limited. Intensification and excessive i[...]Article
La mauvaise gestion des eaux au niveau de loasis dIn-Salah, notamment le développement des forages illicites et la gestion non raisonnée des ressources en eau, a fait apparaître des quantités non négligeables deaux excédentaires qui ont forte[...]Article
M.A. Elleuch ; M. Anane ; J. Euchi ; A. Frikha |Modernization and optimization of irrigated agriculture management can involve substantial conflicting factors using the opinions of experts. A combined approach based on concepts of Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (FMCDM) methods and Mathe[...]Article
Cet article étudie le rôle des associations dirrigants en tant quacteurs indispensables de la gestion intégrée de leau des retenues collinaires en Algérie, avec un focus sur la wilaya dAïn Defla. Un projet de recherche-action mené avec lIns[...]Article
Climate change exacerbates the effects of water scarcity on livelihoods. Governments can intervene by structuring incentives for agricultural adaptations so that farmers can choose the ones that create more benefits for the society as a whole. T[...]Article
The objective of this study was to identify the different irrigators strategies and to analyze the economic profitability of irrigated production systems in relation to adaptations to the scarcity of groundwater resources in a context of climat[...]Article
R. Erel ; A. Eppel ; U. Yermiyahu ; A. Ben-Gal ; A. Dag ; G. Levy ; I. Zipori ; G.E. Shaumann ; O. Mayer |Utilization of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) presents an alternative to irrigation of agricultural crops with fresh water (Fr), especially in dry areas characterized by water scarcity. While RWW often contains considerable amounts of valuable plant[...]Article
N. Maatala ; T. Chati ; M. Benabdellah ; P. Lebailly |Le recours au partenariat public-privé dans le domaine de lirrigation par le Maroc a été initié 2005 dans le cadre du projet El Guerdane dont lobjectif est de sauvegarder un périmètre agrumicole de 10 000 ha. Lobjectif de cet article est de d[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Léclatement des fruits est un grave problème des grenades. Elle est due à une carence en bore dans les jeunes fruits tandis que dans les fruits développés, elle peut être due à des variations extrêmes des températures diurnes et nocturnes. Au m[...]Ouvrage
F. Molle, ed. ; C. Sanchis-Ibor, ed. ; L. Avellà-Reus, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | Global Issues in Water Policies, ISSN 211-0631 | 2019Mediterranean irrigation is diverse due to, among other factors, the relative importance of water in the economy of each country, varied levels of aridity, heterogeneous levels economic, social and technological levels of development, and differ[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Les arbres urbains fournissent des services écosystémiques bénéfiques à lenvironnement et à la santé humaine. Cependant ils nécessitent dêtre suivis au cours de leur reprise racinaire pour leur développement à long terme. Cette étude sintéres[...]E-Book
Background paper prepared for the high level meeting on agricultural water policies and investmentsArticle
E. Borsato ; A. Galindo ; P. Tarolli ; L. Sartori ; F. Marinello |Increasing global food demand and economic growth result in increasing competition over scarce freshwater resources, worsened by climate change and pollution. The agricultural sector has the largest share in the water footprint of humanity. Whil[...]Article
O.M. Savchenko ; M. Kecinski ; T. Li ; K.D. Messer ; H. Xu |Recycled water is one potential solution to meeting the growing demand for irrigation water in the U.S. and worldwide. However, widespread adoption of recycled water by agriculture will depend on consumers acceptance of food crops grown with th[...]Article
Irrigation water demand is highly variable and depends on farmer behaviour, which affects the performance of irrigation networks. The irrigation depth applied to each farm also depends on farmer behaviour and is affected by precise and imprecise[...]Article
R. Saliba ; R. Callieris ; D. DAgostino ; R. Roma ; A. Scardigno |Reuse of treated wastewater could provide a key solution to address sustainable water resources management in agriculture. However, the success of this practice depends on public acceptance and involvement, which require careful assessement and [...]Article
S. Farolfi ; D. Dubois ; S. Morardet ; I. Nouichi ; S. Marlet |Leau dirrigation est une ressource cruciale pour le développement économique et social en Tunisie. Dans un contexte de décentralisation et de délégation du rôle de lÉtat, une part importante de la gestion de cette eau dirrigation a été confi[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Cette étude a été réalisée en partenariat avec la CACG et lIrstea. Elle a pour objectif détudier la perception du compteur à télérelève par les agriculteurs, didentifier les résistances liées à son adoption, son intérêt potentiel pour les agr[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Ce rapport du ministère français de lAgriculture et de lAlimentation porte un regard prospectif sur lavenir de lirrigation agricole en France dans un contexte de changement climatique. Il sappuie sur une série détudes sur le climat (Climat[...]Article
M. Azzi ; J. Calatrava ; S. Bedrani |Algeria is among the most water-stressed countries in the world. Because of its climatic conditions, irrigation is essential for agricultural production. Water prices paid by farmers in public irrigation districts are very low and do not cover t[...]Article
Les études des performances des systèmes irrigués ont montré une diversité des paramètres selon le point de vue porté par lévaluateur. A cet effet, les approches disciplinaires basées sur la seule dimension hydraulique ou économique napparaiss[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Les bassins versants du Haut Calavon et Largue sont des zones classées en déficit quantitatif par le SDAGE Rhône Méditerranée. Une étude est initiée en 2017 pour étudier la possibilité de réutiliser des eaux usées traitées (REUT) dans lagricult[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
E. Borgomeo ; A. Jagerskog ; A. Talbi ; M. Wijnen ; M. Hejazi ; F. Miralles-Wilhelm | Washington [États-Unis] : Banque Mondiale | Water Papers | 2018Water, energy, and agriculture have been conventionally dealt with separately in investment planning. For each of these sectors, regulatory frameworks, organizations, and infrastructures have been put in place to address sector-specific challeng[...]Article
Etude de la qualité des eaux de barrages à usage agricole dans une région du Nord-Ouest de l'Algérie
En lAlgérie, depuis lindépendance, lagriculture a été le maillon central de toutes les réflexions sur le développement économique mais leau en est la contrainte. Elle est le facteur limitant pour les bons rendements lors des années de sécher[...]Article
Cet article met en évidence les confusions existantes relatives aux termes employés dans les travaux sur les usages de leau : besoins, demandes, apports, consommation, prélèvements. Nous proposons un cadre terminologique adapté aux enjeux de la[...]Article
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E. Ferragina ; G. Canitano | 2017The paper intends to analyse water and food security in the SEMCs and their domestic and regional implications. The water-food nexus explains how water consumption is strictly linked to the production, consumption and trading system of agro-food[...]Série
Club Déméter (Paris, France) | Paris [France] : Club Déméter | Déméter : Economie et Stratégies Agricoles, ISSN 1166-2115 | 2017Grâce à des contributions issues d'horizons géographiques, professionnels et intellectuels différents, cette 24ème édition du Déméter propose : Une géopolitique inédite des huiles végétales. Un marché en pleine expansion dominé par le complexe a[...]Ouvrage
P. Caron, ed. ; T. Wassenaar, ed. ; G. Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, ed. ; V. Papazian, ed. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Agricultures et Défis du Monde | 2017Sur quelles ressources se fonde le développement dun territoire ? Quest-ce quune gestion territoriale des ressources ? Quelles spécificités et opportunités présente lorganisation territoriale pour la production agricole, la régulation des fi[...]Article
Lobjectif de cet article est danalyser lefficacité technique et dusage de leau dirrigation dans le périmètre irrigué Jijel-Taher dans lEst de lAlgérie, ainsi que leffet de différents niveaux de quotas deau sur lamélioration de ces ind[...]Article
Cette étude vise à analyser les modes de partage de leau agricole et les pratiques traditionnelles instaurées par les anciens oasiens pour que lagriculture oasienne survive jusquà nos jours. Une enquête a été conduite dans les oasis de Chettm[...]Article
M. Jaad |Lobjet de cette contribution est de savoir à quel point les questions de lenvironnement, de la gestion de leau et du développement durable constituent des préoccupations majeures pour le tissu associatif. A cette fin, nous nous sommes focalis[...]Article
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Depuis la dissolution des offices de mise en valeur, la gestion des ressources en eau dans les périmètres irrigués a été confiée à des associations dirrigants. Ces associations ont connu une série de transformation allant des AIC à la forme ac[...]Article
Ce travail se propose détudier la régulation incitative de service public de leau dirrigation délégué au GDA dirrigation dans la région de Zeuss-Koutine du Sud-est tunisien. Sur le plan méthodologique nous étudions le contrat passé entre les[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Ce stage sinsère dans le cadre du COSTEA (Comité Scientifique et Technique Eau Agricole), il est financé par lAgence Française de Développement (AFD) et coordonné par lAgence Française pour lEau, lIrrigation et le Drainage (AFEID). Le COSTE[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Le présent travail sintéresse aux origines et aux facteurs dempilement des conflits liés à lusage de leau en agriculture, lanalyse de leurs enjeux socio-politiques ainsi que les mécanismes qui contribuent à leur régulation dans les terrains[...]Ouvrage
M. Keulertz ; E. Woertz | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance | 2016This book discusses key issues concerning water, energy and food in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It provides an interdisciplinary account of current developments in the most water-scarce and conflict-torn region in the world. [...]Article
La réutilisation des eaux usées épurées peut réduire le déficit hydrique en zones sahariennes, notamment à Ouargla. La présente étude dans cette région vise à étudier la situation de la réutilisation des eaux épurées dans un périmètre agricole d[...]Article
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Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur analyse les ressources en eau au Maroc, le potentiel hydraulique, les infrastructures en termes de barrages et de réseaux de mesures hydrauliques. Il met ensuite laccent sur la politique de leau, ses modes de gestion[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
In Jordan, water is both crucial and scarce. The agricultural industry annually soaks up most of the country's groundwater, with sixty percent being used on irrigation alone. However, renewable water resources fall far short of the current dem[...]Article
La réutilisation des eaux usées remplit un double objectif, économique et environnemental : dune part, elle permet davoir des eaux traitées quon peut utiliser dans différents usages en fournissant une « ressource alternative », dautre part, [...]Ouvrage
Se coordonner dans un grand périmètre irrigué public, conçu dans lidée même dune coordination hiérarchique par lÉtat, renvoie-t-il à une contradictio in terminis ? Une question lancinante dans les débats en cours sur les périmètres irrigués d[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
R. Harbouze ; P. Le Grusse ; A. Bouaziz ; J.-C. Mailhol ; P. Ruelle ; M. Raki | Dordrecht [Pays-Bas] : Springer | Cooperative Management | 2014The aim of this work is to calculate and compare the economic efficiency indices of irrigated farms and the level of optimisation of irrigation water used for the main crops of the Gharb area. To this end, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model[...]Article
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J.L. Sowers | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics | 2013Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt from the late 1990s to 2011, this book shows how experts and activists used distinctive approaches to influence state and firm decision-making in three important environmental policy domains. The[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Notre stage sintègre dans le cadre de létude commanditée par la DRAAF Rhône Alpes au bureau détudes DIATAE concernant ladaptation de lagriculture à la disponibilité de la ressource en eau dans la Drôme des collines. Il se situe dans un cont[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
La situation de leau au Maghreb a longtemps été soumise à de fortes pressions liées aux politiques publiques, aux transformations démographiques et économiques, et plus récemment, aux changements climatiques en cours. Les interventions dans le [...]Article
Dans cet article, un modèle de programmation mathématique positive permettant la maximisation de la marge brute globale dune exploitation agricole irriguée a été développé en tenant compte des contraintes techniques, des activités communément p[...]E-Book
Aim of the project was to design a methodology for estimating, by implementing a computational model, the irrigation water consumption at farm level in Italy by using, as a key source of information, the 6th General Agricultural Census 2010. The[...]Article
Bordiers du Sahara, les pays du Maghreb (Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie) ne bénéficient du climat méditerranéen subhumide que sur une étroite frange littorale. Laccroissement démographique, lurbanisation accélérée et le développement économique ont c[...]Ouvrage
C. Aspe, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Update Sciences et Technologies, ISSN 1773-7923 | 2012"Les choses de la nature n'ont de statut que celui que les sociétés leur accordent". C'est à partir de cette hypothèse que les auteurs du présent ouvrage analysent le changement actuel du statut de l'eau dans les pays du Bassin méditerranéen. P[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Le bassin versant de lAsse, situé en région méditerranéenne, est en déséquilibre quantitatif et confronté à une situation de réduction des volumes prélevables. Lévaluation de la valorisation de leau dirrigation est un élément clé pour identi[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
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This paper aims at assessing the impact of water pricing policy on the sustainability of irrigated farming systems and the preservation of water and soil resources in Tunisia. The bio-economic modelling approach coupling the biophysical model Cr[...]Article
Au Maroc, diverses interventions publiques ont pour but daméliorer la performance des systèmes dirrigation communautaires. Ils visent à faire prendre en charge la gestion des réseaux dirrigation existants par des associations dusagers des ea[...]Série
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M.K. Tolba, ed. ; N. Saab, ed. ; B. Zeitoon, ed. | Beyrouth [Liban] : Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) | Arab Environment | 2010The Arab world is facing the prospect of severe water and food shortages unless rapid and effective measures are taken to address the region's water scarcity dilemma. Even if all available fresh water resources in the region were utilized, Arab [...]Ouvrage