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Lin Crase, Bethany Cooper and Michael Burton
In this paper, we consider the process of transition from an equitable distribution of water to support semi-subsistence outcomes to market-oriented agriculture. We examine the stresses placed on water institutions as farmers adjust production to become ...
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Margarita Garcia-Vila, Rodrigo Morillo-Velarde and Elias Fereres
Process-based crop models such as AquaCrop are useful for a variety of applications but must be accurately calibrated and validated. Sugar beet is an important crop that is grown in regions under water scarcity. The discrepancies and uncertainty in past ...
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Saher Ayyad, Islam S. Al Zayed, Van Tran Thi Ha and Lars Ribbe
Monitoring of crop water consumption, also known as actual evapotranspiration (ETa), is crucial for the prudent use of limited freshwater resources. Remote-sensing-based algorithms have become a popular approach for providing spatio-temporal information ...
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Mngereza Miraji, Jie Liu and Chunmiao Zheng
River basins around the world face similar issues of water scarcity, deficient infrastructure, and great disparities in water availability between sub-regions, both within and between countries. In this study, different strategies under the Water Evaluat...
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Masoud Jafari Shalamzari, Wanchang Zhang, Atefeh Gholami and Zhijie Zhang
Site selection for runoff harvesting at large scales is a very complex task. It requires inclusion and spatial analysis of a multitude of accurately measured parameters in a time-efficient manner. Compared with direct measurements of runoff, which is tim...
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Olga Kulesha and Harsha Ratnaweera
The membrane bioreactor (MBR) and the biofilm membrane bioreactor (BF-MBR) are among key solutions to water scarcity; however, membrane fouling is the major bottleneck for any expansion of these technologies. Prepolymerized aluminum coagulants tend to ex...
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Andreas N. Angelakis, George Tchobanoglous, Andrea G. Capodaglio and Vasileios A. Tzanakakis
According to FAO, water scarcity is now affecting all five continents and is expected to intensify in the coming years as the water demands of the growing population increase and the impacts of climate variability become more pronounced. The existing une...
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Clara Estrela-Segrelles, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Martín and Quan J. Wang
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José Luis Zambrano, Yamil Cartagena, Carlos Sangoquiza, Ana Pincay, Anibal Rafael Parra, Javier Maiguashca, José Luis Rivadeneira, Cristian Subía and Chang Hwan Park
Global food security faces a substantial risk stemming from water scarcity, particularly in regions heavily dependent on rainfall for agricultural purposes. In the Andean region, which is grappling with water scarcity, innovative and sustainable approach...
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Heju Huai, Qian Zhang, Zuolin Li, Lina Liang and Xiumei Tang
To reduce crop-related water consumption and enhance agricultural water resource efficiency in the Beijing?Tianjin?Hebei region, this study employed the AquaCrop model to simulate crop yield and irrigation water requirements and calculated the water scar...
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