The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is threatening due to adverse climate change, given future projections that every one in four people on Earth might be suffering from extreme …
P D'Odorico, DD Chiarelli, L Rosa… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Major environmental functions and human needs critically depend on water. In regions of the world affected by water scarcity economic activities can be constrained by water …
JA Marengo, MV Galdos, A Challinor… - Climate Resilience …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The semiarid lands of Northeast Brazil represent one of the most densely populated regions of the country. Rainfall variability together with land degradation and large‐scale poverty in …
Z Ahmed, D Gui, G Murtaza, L Yunfei, S Ali - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global drylands, covering about 41% of Earth's surface and inhabited by 38% of the world's population, are facing the stark challenges of water scarcity, low water productivity, and food …
Adopting sustainable agriculture practices using multi-criteria evaluation methods couldn't adequately describe the correlation between the irrigation techniques and most of the …
Lake Chad is a strategic water resource shared by more than 40 million people in Sub- Saharan Africa. In the 1960s, it served as a primary source of water for irrigation and fishing …
C Chaski, SA Petropoulos - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Τhe aim of this study was to examine the potential of using biostimulants for the amelioration of deficit irrigation effects on field-grown lettuce plants growth parameters (cv. Doris …
W Song, W Song - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The high-intensity utilization of global cropland causes water shortage and food crisis, which seriously affects the realization of SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) …
R Zeng, W Ren - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Irrigation has enhanced food security and biofuel production throughout the world. However, the sustainability of irrigation faces challenges from climate variability and extremes …