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on these climate projections, the irrigation demand of Bavaria's agriculture is calculated in a model simulation. The … irrigation demands of Bavarian agriculture are simulated for the periods 1991-2020 (ex-post period) and 2021-2050 (future). The … water demand is expected to increase by 19 %. Differentiated by land use classes, Bavaria's irrigation demand increases by …
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Water and agriculture are intrinsically linked. Water is essential for crop production and agriculture is the largest …-W distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated agriculture and introduces water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated … agriculture. Moreover, the new production structure accounts for substitution possibilities between irrigation and other primary …
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Contrary to current notions about water abundance in Lebanon, the country is facing serious problems of unavailability …, i.e. management, ill-finance, non-integration and lack of relevant awareness on water use, the new dimension of climate … change is unfortunately adding to the water problems in the country.Databases in Lebanon are not quite consistent and …
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to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … and mostly negative. Global water savings are achieved. Not only regions where irrigation efficiency changes are able to …We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The …
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On September 11 and 12, 2017, a symposium on "Irrigation in agriculture", jointly organized by the Thünen Institute … proceedings conclude with a chapter on the overview of previous projects in the field of water management and on irrigation of …-Kühn Institut und der Ostfalia Hochschule gemeinsam organisierte Fachtagung zum Thema "Bewässerung in der Landwirtschaft" statt …
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used to achieve the joint objectives of development, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change in agriculture in the … developing world. The results show that agriculture is underinvested and foreign aid has not increased sufficiently to assist … developing countries achieve sustainable agriculture; substantial funds are needed to finance the wide range of measures for …
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agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated …
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agriculture and water resources, and emphasis on underground resources. Our objective is mainly descriptive at this level …; nonetheless, we try to evaluate patterns of interaction between agriculture and water resources policy from the point of view of … water sustainability. After a short description of the main hydrologic and institutional aspects, the paper goes into the …
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water for agriculture, domestic and industrial use, and to generate hydropower and control floods, in line with the national … increasing water supply and rationalise water management. According to this approach, large infrastructures are seen as catalysts … for territorial development and economic progress. More recently, international surveys of results of water supply …
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