The scarcity of water and the growing global food demand has fevered the debate on how to
increase agricultural production without further depleting water resources. Crop water …

Precision irrigation, defined as an efficient water allocation technique characterized by the
optimal management and best collaboration of various factors of the irrigation process …

Temporal and spatial irrigation performance indicators are crucial in informing decisions for
improving the efficiency and sustainability of water and land resources. However, evaluating …

Sugarcane yields are known to decline with successive ratoon crops, a phenomenon termed
ratoon yield decline (RYD), and the rate of decline is largely dependent on the environment …

Enhancing water use efficiency hinges on improving water consumption and the
performance of irrigation systems. Nevertheless, challenges such as limited access to …

Small water storages (≤ 500 ha surface area) enhance water supply for agricultural, human
and livestock consumption. Their oftentimes large numbers and wide geographic spread …

A widely promoted approach to tackle food insecurity and water shortage challenges
simultaneously is to enhance crop water productivity (WP). Therefore, multiple international …

The growing competition for the finite land and water resources and the need to feed an ever-
growing population requires new techniques to monitor the performance of irrigation …

Understanding the spatial and temporal variations of evapotranspiration (ET) is vital for
water resources planning and management and drought monitoring. The development of a …

Disasters such as the 2015–2018 drought in South Africa usually negatively impact
agricultural water, especially in smallholder farming systems. This study assessed the …