Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment
The global water resources are stressed due to high population pressure, demand for more and better food, over-exploitation of the surface and groundwater resources, urgent need to make provisions for the environmental services, and meet the expanding demands of non-food sectors. As a consequence, p...
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| author | Sharma, Bharat R. |
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| description | The global water resources are stressed due to high population pressure, demand for more and better food, over-exploitation of the surface and groundwater resources, urgent need to make provisions for the environmental services, and meet the expanding demands of non-food sectors. As a consequence, pollution is increasing and rivers are drying up because of greater agricultural production and water consumption; land and water resources are being stressed through erosion, salinization, nutrient depletion and the intrusion of seawater; and groundwater levels are declining rapidly in densely populated areas of North Africa, North China, India, and Mexico because of overexploitation. Increasing water withdrawals and water depletion for irrigation under such stressed conditions further aggravates the severity of the already stressed environments. Unfortunately, in most developing countries, water infrastructure and management institutions have been slow to build or improve capacity and adapt to new issues and conditions. Additionally, the world is facing the new challenges of climate change affecting temperature and precipitation patterns hitting the poor and the rainfed farmers more severely; urbanisation increases demand for water and generates more wastewater; higher energy prices increase the cost of pumping water; and more attention is being given to ecosystem services of water. |
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| spelling | CGSpace386802021-10-07T14:45:22Z Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment Sharma, Bharat R. water productivity water scarcity water stress supplemental irrigation irrigated rice maize wheat cotton models The global water resources are stressed due to high population pressure, demand for more and better food, over-exploitation of the surface and groundwater resources, urgent need to make provisions for the environmental services, and meet the expanding demands of non-food sectors. As a consequence, pollution is increasing and rivers are drying up because of greater agricultural production and water consumption; land and water resources are being stressed through erosion, salinization, nutrient depletion and the intrusion of seawater; and groundwater levels are declining rapidly in densely populated areas of North Africa, North China, India, and Mexico because of overexploitation. Increasing water withdrawals and water depletion for irrigation under such stressed conditions further aggravates the severity of the already stressed environments. Unfortunately, in most developing countries, water infrastructure and management institutions have been slow to build or improve capacity and adapt to new issues and conditions. Additionally, the world is facing the new challenges of climate change affecting temperature and precipitation patterns hitting the poor and the rainfed farmers more severely; urbanisation increases demand for water and generates more wastewater; higher energy prices increase the cost of pumping water; and more attention is being given to ecosystem services of water. 2011 2014-06-13T11:42:40Z 2014-06-13T11:42:40Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38680 en Limited Access Sharma, Bharat R. 2011. Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment. Report of the Panel Expert on Q 56.4, Session on "Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment", of the 21st ICID International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, "Water productivity towards food security", Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011. 13p. |
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| title | Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment |
| title_full | Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment |
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| title_short | Improving crop water productivity under stressed environment |
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