{"product_id":"water-management-for-sustainable-agriculture-9781786761767","title":"Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is increasing competition for water resources in the face of declining aquifer reserves and increasing risk in many areas of drought related to climate change. At the same time poor water management is damaging agriculture with problems such as salinization, waterlogging, erosion and run-off. This volume summarises the wealth of research on understanding and better management of water resources for agriculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 reviews fundamental issues such as plant water use and soil water retention. Part 2 discusses ways of mapping and monitoring groundwater and surface water resources whilst Part 3 covers other sources such as rain and floodwater, waste and brackish water. Part 4 surveys developments in irrigation techniques such as drip irrigation and fertigation. The final sections in the book discuss ways of using water resources more efficiently such as site-specific and deficit irrigation techniques.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this wlll be a standard reference for agronomists, scientists involved in water and irrigation science as well as government and non-governmental organisations responsible for agriculture and water resource management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1 Fundamentals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.Understanding and measuring plant water use: \u003cem\u003eGretchen R. Miller, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 2.Dynamics of water storage and retention in soil: \u003cem\u003eK. Rajkai, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; F. Ács, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary; B. Tóth, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and University of Pannonia, Hungary; and A. Makó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 3.Climate change and water resources for agriculture; \u003cem\u003eLuis Garrote, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Part 2 Sustainable use of groundwater and surface water for irrigation\u003cbr\u003e **4.An integrated approach for the estimation of crop water requirements based on soil, plant and atmospheric measurements: *N. Jovanovic, S. Dzikiti and M. Gush, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 5.The economics of groundwater development and governance; \u003cem\u003eT. Shah, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), India\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6.Managing surface water for irrigation; \u003cem\u003eA. Qureshi, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, United Arab Emirates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3 Other sources of water for irrigation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7.Rainwater and floodwater harvesting for crop irrigation: \u003cem\u003eDieter Prinz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 8.The use of treated wastewater for crop irrigation: \u003cem\u003eAlfieri Pollice and Ramy Saliba, IRSA-CNR, Italy; and Antonio Lonigro, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 9.Use of brackish and marginal water for irrigation in water-scarce areas: \u003cem\u003eZ. Gao, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4 Irrigation techniques\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10.Developments in surface irrigation techniques: \u003cem\u003eTaffa Tulu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 11.Trickle irrigation systems: \u003cem\u003eMegh R. Goyal, formerly University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 12.An overview of subsurface irrigation techniques: \u003cem\u003eAndrea Dührkoop and Oliver Hensel, University of Kassel, Germany\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 13.Fertigation techniques for efficient water and nutrient use in agriculture; \u003cem\u003eMunir J. Mohammad Rusan, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan and International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), USA\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5 Managing water use on the farm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14.Modelling water use on farms; \u003cem\u003eL. S. Pereira and P. Paredes, University of Lisbon, Portugal\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 15.Improving water productivity in rainfed agriculture: challenges and opportunities for small-scale farmers in dry lands: \u003cem\u003eJohn Gowing, University of Newcastle, UK\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 16.Improving water use in tropical rain-fed systems: the situation in India: \u003cem\u003eSuhas P. Wani, Kaushal K. Garg, Girish Chander and K.H. Anantha, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 17.Deficit irrigation and site-specific irrigation scheduling techniques to minimize water use: \u003cem\u003eSusan A. O'Shaughnessy, USDA-ARS, USA; and Manuel A. Andrade, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, USA\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 18.Drainage systems to support sustainable water use: \u003cem\u003eHenk Ritzema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6 Managing water resources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19.Increasing water productivity in agriculture: an overview: \u003cem\u003eWayne S. Meyer, University of Adelaide, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 20.Regional strategies in sustainable water management for irrigation: the eco-efficiency approach: \u003cem\u003eMladen Todorović, Centre International de Hautes Etudes Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 21.The challenge of sustainable water resources management under water scarcity: \u003cem\u003ePasquale Steduto, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy; and Chris Perry, Former Research Director, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), UK\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cbr\u003e 22.Assessing the cost of supplying water for agriculture: the food supply cost curve: \u003ci\u003eRoberto Roson, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003eCa’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042485207383,"sku":"9781786761767","price":190.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/water-management-for-sustainable-agriculture-9781786761767","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}