Water Productivity in Agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvement

By J. Kijne, R. Barker, D. Molden. 2003

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A water productivity framework for understanding and action economics of water productivity in managing water for agriculture the concept of efficiency in water resources management and policy rice production in water-scarce environments managing saline and alkali water for higher productivity opportunities for increasing water productivity of CGIAR crops through plant breeding and molecular biology world water productivity - current situation and future options improving water productivity through deficit irrigation - examples from Syria, North China Plain and Oregon, USA.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology

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Citations in the corpus

• GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF WHEAT VARIETIES TO WATER STRESS AT BOOTING AND ANTHESIS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT (2012, background): “Due to global warming the weather patterns are changing all over the world making rainy seasons unpredictable which generally affect not only the total amount of rainfall in a particular season, but also the frequency, duration and severity of water stress in the plants at different stages of growth”
• More Rice, Less Water—Integrated Approaches for Increasing Water Productivity in Irrigated Rice-Based Systems in Asia (2005, neutral): “Potential sources include natural brackish water, agricultural drainage water, and treated sewage effl uent as discussed in Kijne et al. (2003) and Tyagi (2003).”