Strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa Duch.) production requires the input of large amounts water provided by irrigation during entire cycle. However, availability is shrinking in many important strawberry cropping areas, such as Huelva (in Europe), compromising environmental sustainability and economic viability production. Besides technical approaches, water-saving strategies are necessary for improv...

With abundant groundwater resources, Bihar has the potential to harness positive and agricultural development linkages by improving economic access irrigation. Using representative data from Central Groundwater Board 5th Minor Irrigation Census, this study examined spatio-temporal changes in level, compared extraction cost under different energy policy regimes. The analysis shows a stable level...

Water available for irrigation is declining in many rice-growing regions around the world. Global populations continue to rise increasing crop production demand. Rice production systems must face the dilemma of maintaining or increasing yields with less water available to irrigate. Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) has shown to be an effective tool for water conservation in irrigated rice syst...