The expansion of irrigated agriculture is of paramount importance to feed the burgeoning
global population. However, without proper management, this expansion can result in …

Economic growth and population increase have exacerbated water scarcity and
environmental issues by elevating demand, pollution, and climate change. To ensure food …

This study estimates agricultural land resource allocation to develop food-crop commodities
in order to safeguard food security in Indonesia in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic …

Abstract Study region Northeastern Iran. Study focus In northeastern Iran, water needed for
municipal and agricultural activities mainly comes from groundwater resources. However, it …

This study proposes an optimization-simulation approach for simultaneously determining
crop patterns and allocating irrigation water to improve soil environment. The approach …

Groundwater is an important source of freshwater for domestic, agricultural and industrial
uses in Iran. Groundwater quality assessment and environmental evaluation are considered …

In this research, cropping pattern optimization models have been developed to maximize the
benefits and minimize the potential negative effects of quantitative-qualitative conjunctive …

Study region The off-stream artificial Bar lake, built in 2015 to store the flood flows of the Bar
river for domestic and industrial needs and with the objective to intentionally recharge the …

The continuous decrease in good quality water and land resources and concurrent increase
in global population accentuates the need of optimal allocation of these resources to …

The spatial distribution of staple crops is related to the distribution of the agricultural
industrial structure and national food security. Based on the interval-parameter stochastic …