Water resources management presents an important research topic, because our planet is facing a serious water crisis. About 70% of all fresh water usage goes towards agriculture. Moreover, low water application efficiency are well reported in the literature. Improving on-farm irrigation efficiency can make a substantial contribution to a more sustainable utilization of the world’s fresh water r...

Salinity is a major threat for the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in drylands [...]

The present study aimed at investigating scientific irrigation scheduling (SIS) for the sustainable production of olive groves. SIS allows farmers to schedule water rotation in their fields abate crop stress and maximize yields, which could be achieved through precise monitoring soil moisture. For this purpose, used three kinds moisture sensors, including tensiometer irrometer gypsum blocks mea...

Watermark, Tensiometer and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) are commonly used soil water sensors in irrigation practice whose performance depends on type, depth growing conditions. Here, the results of sensor evaluation different depths as well field laboratory testing silty clay loamy presented. Gravimetric moisture samples were taken from installation (10, 20, 30 45 cm) reference Soil Water Co...

Kosovo aims to revitalize its agricultural sector by modernizing and boosting irrigation development, which is vital for the economic growth overcome ongoing rural desertification. The Irrigation Master Plan (KIMP) establishes a national strategy developing across country. Following systematic analysis of land, water, agriculture, environment sectors, planning development has been done with use...

The sustainable development of efficient water-saving agricultural irrigation in Loess Plateau requires reasonable and quantitative planning, design, management, and strategies based on crop-water-salt response relationship. In the present paper, data were measured by using the soil-water-salt sensor CS655 to modify the simulation of root uptake in the original Soil Water Atmosphere Plant (SWAP...

Jordan is extremely water-scarce with just 167 m3 per capita per year to meet domestic, industrial, agricultural, tourism, and environmental demands. The heavy exploitation of water resources has contributed to declines in the levels of aquifers and the Dead Sea. Rapid growth in demand, particularly for higher quality water for domestic, industrial, and tourism uses, is significantly increasing...

In this study, risks for human infection associated with irrigation of municipal wastewater on short rotation willow coppice (Salix) were evaluated in three countries. The aim was also to determine the reduction of indicator organisms and pathogens in the treatment plants. Two of the field sites were chosen for further evaluation by QMRA (quantitative microbial risk assessment) applied to three...

Rural Development is a priority in Europe and it is supported by specific, financial programmes. At the same time, sustainability is the key word for the European Union to construct programmes and policies for all human activities. However, measuring sustainability of rural areas is not easy, due to their particular features. The improvement of knowledge on sustainability in rural areas is impo...