Irrigation
Irrigation and Water Footprint
The potential impact of increased flooding and droughts on agriculture and the food processing industry highlight the importance of having access to high quality water. This section includes resources that focus on reducing the water requirements of agriculture and food processing. In agriculture, such techniques include drip irrigation to minimize water losses due to evaporation and runoff, sustainable farming practices that reduce ground water requirements, and the use of sensors to maximize irrigation schedules. And, this section includes best practices for reducing water use and inefficiencies in the food industry.
Resources CESC
Publication
Assessing the Feasibility of Using Produced Water for Irrigation in Colorado
Sources:
Science of the Total Environment
Date:
1 November 2018
Publication
Coupling Aquaculture with Forest Plantations for Food, Energy, and Water Resiliency
Sources:
Science of the Total Environment
Date:
15 November 2016
Publication
Opportunities for Renewable Energy in the Australian Water Sector
Sources:
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Date:
1 November 2015
Publication
PV Water Pumping for Carbon Sequestration in Dry Land Agriculture
Sources:
Energy Procedia
Publication
Reusing Oil and Gas Produced Water for Irrigation of Food Crops in Drylands
Sources:
Agricultural Water Management
Date:
30 July 2018
Publication
Simulating County-Level Crop Yields in the Conterminous United States Using the Community Land Model: The Effects of Optimizing Irrigation and Fertilization
Sources:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Date:
19 December 2016
Publication
Millennium Villages Project-Mali
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Columbia Water Center
Publication
Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns
Sources:
Environmental Research Letters
Date:
28 February 2017
Publication
Food, Fracking, and Freshwater: The Potential for Markets and Cross-sectoral Investments to Enable Water Conservation
Sources:
Water
Date:
30 January 2016
Publication
Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades
Sources:
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date:
26 June 2017
Publication
Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades
Sources:
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date:
26 June 2017
Publication
Water Consumption Related to Different Diets in Mediterranean Cities
Sources:
Science of The Total Environment
Date:
15 December 2016
Publication
Climate Cange Vulnerability in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus: Concerns for Agricultural Production in Arizona and its Urban Export Supply
Sources:
Environmental Research Letters
Date:
28 February 2017
Publication
Water and Energy Footprint of Irrigated Agriculture in the Mediterranean Region
Sources:
Environmental Research Letters
Date:
15 December 2014
Publication
Transferable Principles for Managing the Nexus: Lessons from Historical Global Water Modelling of Central Asia
Sources:
Water
Date:
31 July 2015
Publication
Balancing Ecosystem Services with Energy and Food Security – Assessing Trade-Offs from Reservoir Operation and Irrigation Investments in Kenya's Tana Basin
Sources:
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date:
30 January 2014
Publication
A Worldwide Comparison of Water Use Efficiency of Crop Production
Sources:
Applied Mechanics and Materials
Publication
A Fast Track Approach to Deal with the Temporal Dimension of Crop Water Footprint
Sources:
Environmental Research Letters
Date:
4 July 2017