long time, but the first steps to combat drought took just in the mid twentieth century when there was planted windbreak …-1965, when work began planning for irrigation. In the period 1967-1989, were equipped more than 420 thousand hectares … an uncertain future while irrigation in Dobrogea is the main factor that depends on achieving high and safe yields. …

combat land degradation and drought in a latitudinal gradient. This study was carried out in Chile, in a latitude gradient … by a high risk of desertification was considered as the dependent variable. Our findings suggest that the effectiveness … of the different set of the strategies applied to fight against desertification and drought varies in a latitudinal …

mechanisms behind the control of transpiration in olive trees under drip irrigation. One model is based on the biophysics of …% of the crop water needs, and in trees under regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategy, in which irrigation replaced ca … irrigation treatments, despite differences found on leaf water potential. Water stress largely affected plant hydraulic …

quality are largely dependent on irrigation, and given the large area of this crop in this region. Under semi-arid conditions …, grapevine water consumption rises up to 700mm/year (rainfall plus irrigation), thus great water amounts are needed for areas … (diurnal time) and space (at eight canopy positions) under irrigation, moderate and severe water stress in field …

determinants of farmers’ attitudes towards allocation trading considering two water availability scenarios: average and drought …

third of their pre-drought allocations. Understanding how the irrigation sector adapted to less water will help planning for … the next drought and a future in which irrigation water use will be reduced permanently in the basin. …The recent drought in south-eastern Australia saw the lowest inflows on record in the Murray–Darling Basin in 2006. As …

This article presents an econometric analysis of irrigation commodity area and revenue responses to varying commodity … prices, water availability and climate conditions for the second half of a decade long drought in the Murray–Darling Basin …, Australia. We find statistically significant evidence of irrigation area decline with reductions in water allocations and …