Modeling in agriculture represents an important tool to understand processes as water and nutrient losses by drainage, or to test different conditions and scenarios of soil and crop management. Among the existing computational models to describe hydrological processes, SWAP (Soil, Water,...

Although water harvesting is receiving renewed attention as a strategy to cope with increasing seasonal and inter-annual rainfall variability, many centuries-old local water-harvesting reservoirs (tanks) in India are rapidly deteriorating. Easy access to groundwater is seen as one of the major...

Sustainable development of agriculture in the North China Plain is severely restricted by a shortage of fresh water. Saline water used for irrigation can increase crop yields as well as the risk of soil salinization. Therefore, to identify safe and simple ways of using saline water in this...

Taking into account the likely contribution of rainwater to crop water requirements, is an alternative option for increasing the productivity of water in irrigated agriculture. We evaluated the response of yield and physiological characters to controlled irrigation and drainage (CID) at...

Research based development of best management options for aerobic rice–maize cropping systems must be developed to improve water and nitrogen use efficiency. The main objective of this study was to identify water saving rice production technology for rice grown in sandy loam soils in semi-arid...

This study analyzes the water footprint profiles of quinoa production in Bolivia, an emblematic crop that faces significant challenges in terms of yield and sustainability. The Total Water Footprint (WH) of quinoa estimated for the Southern Altiplano region of Bolivia is approximately 1,728...