Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …

In arid and semiarid regions and under rainfed conditions, water availability is one of the
principal ecological constraints that hinder agriculture's sustainability. The super absorbent …

Background The cumulative influence of global warming, climate abrupt changes, growing
population, topsoil erosion is becoming a threatening alarm for facing food challenges and …

The prospective uses of natural gum polysaccharides in various aspects of food, water,
energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have garnered a great deal of …

Drought is one of the worst natural disasters that affect the economic, social, and
environmental status of any country. The long-term drought affects the soil ecosystem and …

Superabsorbent hydrogels (SH) continue being a very important issue in both academic and
industrial fields due to their applications in several technologies. This is proved by the …

With an increasing population, world agriculture is facing many challenges, such as climate
change, urbanization, the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner, runoff losses …

Superabsorbent hydrogels are a particular class of gels, obtained by chemical stabilization
of hydrophilic polymers in a tridimensional network. Hydrogels have been widely proposed …

The use of water holding amendments like hydrogel polymers material for enhancing water
and nutrient use efficiency will become more important over time, especially in arid and …

Agrochemicals are used to improve the production of crops. Conventional formulations of
agrochemicals can contaminate the environment, in particular in the case of intensive …