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groundwater. We calibrate our model and analyse the influence of soil type, precipitation or irrigation regime and fertilization … irrigation schedule, a gradual fertilization throughout the plant life cycle reduces the potential for leaching and aquifer … pollution. For medium soils, a more modest irrigation schedule results in more nitrate available for crops and less net leaching …
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–80 % of its water supply. This study aims to simulate the impact of potential future irrigation and cropping schemes on river … discharge in the semi-arid and irrigation intensive part of the Aksu River basin. To achieve this goal, the eco …-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model) was developed further by including an irrigation module and a river …
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<Para ID="Par1">The FAO-56 Penman-Monteith (PMF56) model is accepted as the standard method for estimating reference crop (grass) evapotranspiration. However, poor data availability limits the use of this method in many regions. This study aimed to overcome this limitation (1) by evaluating the goodness-of-fit...</para>
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Amu Darya River, one of the two major rivers that feed the Aral Sea, and its effect on irrigation in the region. Using a … increased temperatures on irrigation practices in the basin is more robust in the long-term. Copyright Springer Science …
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, which can be used to evaluate the long-term average runoff reduction rates, fractions of time when irrigation is needed, and … irrigation water requirements of both extensive and intensive green roofs with or without storage layers, are derived by …
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purposes irrigation, hydropower generation and downstream water quality requirements. The results obtained using the proposed …
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dam'sintake tunnels; these lead to a hydroelectric power station and are used for irrigation releases. This article … predict the irrigation and power benefitsavailable to Pakistan over the coming sixty years. It wassubsequently demonstrated …
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Proper planning and management of irrigation is vital in achieving food security for the burgeoning global population … comprehensive reviews on the use of various programming techniques used for planning and management of irrigation have been provided … the planning and management of irrigation. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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-purpose reservoir system located in India. The multiple objectives comprise of minimizing flood risks, minimizing irrigation deficits … indicate that ACO model performs better, in terms of higher annual power production, while satisfying irrigation demands and …
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This paper analyzes irrigation-poverty linkages, and determines how and to what extent irrigation contributes to … poverty alleviation, and whether there are any spatial patterns in poverty in irrigation systems. It also identifies … conditions under which irrigation has greater anti-poverty impacts. The analysis is based on primary data collected during the …
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