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Irrigated agriculture and the use of water resources in agriculture
face the challenges of sustainable development. Research has
advanced our knowledge of water use by crops, soil-water-solutes
interactions, and the engineering and managerial tools needed to
mobilize, convey, distribute, control and apply water for
agricultural production. However, the achievements booked in user
practice have revealed the need for new developments in the areas
of resource conservation, control of environmental and health
impacts, modernisation of technologies and management, economic
viability and the social acceptance of changes. The contributions
to Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture cover most of the
relevant disciplines. Besides its multidisciplinarity, the
different origins, experience, backgrounds and practices of the
authors provide a wide, in-depth analysis of the various aspects of
water resource utilization in agriculture. The papers review
scientific, technical and managerial aspects, highlighting the main
problems, issues and future developments. The book covers the
different aspects of sustainability, including environmental,
technical, economic, institutional and social ones. Advances in
irrigation science and engineering are dealt with, both on- and
off-farm. Special attention is paid to the different components of
water quality management, to the transfer of technology, and to
capacity building.
Irrigated agriculture and the use of water resources in agriculture
face the challenges of sustainable development. Research has
advanced our knowledge of water use by crops, soil-water-solutes
interactions, and the engineering and managerial tools needed to
mobilize, convey, distribute, control and apply water for
agricultural production. However, the achievements booked in user
practice have revealed the need for new developments in the areas
of resource conservation, control of environmental and health
impacts, modernisation of technologies and management, economic
viability and the social acceptance of changes. The contributions
to Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture cover most of the
relevant disciplines. Besides its multidisciplinarity, the
different origins, experience, backgrounds and practices of the
authors provide a wide, in-depth analysis of the various aspects of
water resource utilization in agriculture. The papers review
scientific, technical and managerial aspects, highlighting the main
problems, issues and future developments. The book covers the
different aspects of sustainability, including environmental,
technical, economic, institutional and social ones. Advances in
irrigation science and engineering are dealt with, both on- and
off-farm. Special attention is paid to the different components of
water quality management, to the transfer of technology, and to
capacity building.
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