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With the growing population and climate change, increasing demands for water are intensifying competition between agricultural stakeholders. Since the mid-20th century, numerous crop models and modeling techniques have emerged for the quantitati[...]Article
In Iran, due to arid and semi-arid climate, groundwater resources play an essential role in food production, as well as domestic and industrial water supply. In recent years, increasing population, scarcity of surface water resources, and effect[...]Article
O. Brînzan ; M. Dragoi ; D. Bociort ; E. Tigan ; N. Mateoc-Sîrb ; M. Lungu |The paper presents a market-oriented system of returnable guarantees that can be combined with tradable permits to encourage farmers to use alternative sources of water instead of the regular watering network, or to steer the farming system towa[...]Article
Sustainability is a utopia of societies, that could be achieved by a harmonious balance between socio-economic development and environmental protection, including the sustainable exploitation of natural resources. The present Special Issue addre[...]Article
A. Del Borghi ; L. Moreschi ; M. Gallo |The increase in world population and the resulting demand for food, water, and energy are exerting increasing pressure on soil, water resources, and ecosystems. Identification of approaches to reduce the related cross-sectoral environmental impa[...]Article
Recent research studies and policies about innovative solutions to reduce water and energy consumption in food production are briefly reviewed. Options to increase water use efficiency and productivity include soil mulching, drip irrigation, def[...]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[...]Article
This study aimed to assess the sustainability in water use at the basin scale through the water footprint (WF). The methodology proposed by the Water Footprint Network was integrated with a hydrological and water quality model and in-stream moni[...]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[...]Article
L. Rossi ; L. Regni ; S. Rinaldi ; P. Sdringola ; R. Calisti ; A. Brunori ; F. Dini ; P. Proietti |Life Cycle Assessment (the systematic analysis of the environmental impact of products during their entire life cycle), Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint assessments play an important role in decision-making processes. These assessments can h[...]Article
Achieving food security for all amid a growing population is a grand challenge for the world at large given increasing global water scarcity. As rainfall, river runoff and snowfall in water-scarce areas are becoming insufficient to meet the wate[...]Article
As we understand more about the challenges posed by global warming, it has become widely accepted that water is the principal medium through which society feels the climate-related stresses. But we have an opportunity to flip water from being a [...]Article
Water Stewardship means that all water users within a catchment context work collaboratively for sustainable water management. The Water and Productivity Project (WAPRO) has been bringing together stakeholders from various countries for this pur[...]Ouvrage
S. Bouarfa, coord. ; F. Brelle, coord. ; C. Coulon, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Matière à Débattre et Décider | 2020Lagriculture irriguée produit plus de 40 % de lalimentation mondiale sur moins de 20 % des terres cultivées. Lirrigation, qui consiste à agir sur le cycle naturel de leau pour conduire et sécuriser les cultures dans des contextes géographiqu[...]Article
Rainwater harvesting and management (RWHM) is an effective approach to ensure that the production capacity of rainfed systems is sustained. Our author summarises some recent global and local knowledge related to this long-standing practice, with[...]Article
Irrigated agriculture can generate pressures on water bodies and, consequently, potential environmental costs; likewise, agricultural water use can provide several ecosystem services (ES). Both pressures and benefits must be included in the econ[...]Article
Dans le sud-ouest du Sahara algérien, un programme de modernisation de lagriculture a été mis en place dans les années 1980 et a conduit à des nouvelles formes dappropriation foncière : laccession à la propriété par la mise en valeur agricole[...]Article
M.M. Giuliani ; G. Gatta ; G. Cappelli ; A. Gagliardi ; M. Donatelli ; D Fanchini ; D. De Nart ; G. Mongiano ; S. Bregaglio |The main cultivation area of the Italian processing tomato is the Southern Capitanata plain. Here, the hardest agronomic challenge is the optimization of the irrigation water use, which is often inefficiently performed by farmers, who tend to ov[...]Article
J. Vos ; P. Van Oel ; P. Hellegers ; G.J. Veldwisch ; J. Hoogesteger |Virtual water flows, incorporated in global food trade has increased the last decade. The drivers and consequences are complex. These complex relations between humans and water resources are studied from different perspectives. In this article, [...]Article
X. He ; L. Estes ; M. Konar ; D. Tian ; D. Anghileri ; K. Baylis ; T.P. Evans ; J. Sheffield |Understanding the cross-scale linkages between drought and food security is vital to developing tools to reduce drought impacts and support decision making. This study reviews how drought hazards transfer to food insecurity through changes in ph[...]Article
Background: Climate change is on the rise due to continuous greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic activities ever since the industrial revolution. Changing weather conditions are likely to have consequences for horticulture. (2) Objective [...]Article
Increasing pressures on water resources are causing many countries in Mediterranean to (re)consider various mechanisms to improve water use efficiency for agricultural like Tunisia country. The price mechanism remains the most appropriate instru[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
En Algérie, la céréaliculture est une filière stratégique qui constitue lépine dorsale du système alimentaire du pays. Par ailleurs, les importations qui ne cessent de saccroître considérablement en raison dune galopante démographie additionn[...]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[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Lagriculture constitue un des facteurs de pression qui affecte le plus les zones humides dans la région méditerranéenne. Elle est considérée parmi un des secteurs économiques clés dans de nombreux pays méditerranéens. Cest le cas du Maroc qui [...]