This research examines the role of micro-irrigation systems, i.e., sprinkler and drip irrigation, on date palm production quality in a semi-arid region. The field experiment was carried out for two successful seasons at private farm, Al-Nubaria region Egypt. planted under pressurized irrigation (drip mini-sprinkler irrigation) to investigate effect both systems three water treatments (100, 80, ...

The productivity of olive trees in arid and semi-arid environments is closely linked to irrigation. It is necessary to improve the efficiency of irrigation techniques to optimise the amount of olive fruit produced in relation to the volume of water used. Partial root-zone drying (PRD) is a water saving irrigation technique that theoretically allows the production of a root-to-shoot signal that ...

Most of Saudi Arabia is arid and water resources are limited; it has experienced extensive and rapid developments in industrial, agricultural, domestic and construction sectors during the last two decades. Saudi Arabia follows the sacred principles of the Islamic law ‘Shari’a’, whereby water is considered the common entitlement of all people, and the main component of the sustainability of the ...

Abstract Background Rainfall is the key contributor to provide soil moisture for wet season rice (T. Aman) cultivation. Erratic rainfall often causes water shortage resulting negative impact on plant growth and grain yield. The study aimed determine suitable transplanting window that utilize maximum T. Aman rice. Firstly, three years field experiment were conducted in Kushtia, Bangladesh from A...

Approximently 10,000 years ago, civilization began in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia around the river valleys of the Euphrates and the Tiger rivers. It was agriculture that allowed these civilizations to prosper and the river water that allowed agriculture. The number of people in the world has grown signi cantly since then increasing the demand for food production. Agriculture has been fo...

The release policy for a reservoir’s network can be designed by solving a multiobjective control problem. However, the use of resolution algorithms based on stochastic dynamic programming, with their high computational requests, imposes strong simplification in modelling the water system. In particular, downstream irrigation districts are often described as static subsystems, i.e. assuming an a...

Irrigation is well known for being the largest water user, responsible for about 70% of the total amount of fresh water withdrawals. At the same time, this irrigation contributes for about 40% of the total food production and is vital for many regions of the world such as Western USA, Australia, Southern Europe, and many countries in Asia and Africa. Recent FAO figures indicate that, by the yea...