Rice systems provide a major source of calories for more than half of the world's population;
however, they also use more water than other major crops. Alternate wetting and drying …

Increasing population and the need for more food has made demands on water resources
due to crop productions. One of the strategies for preventing the overuses of safe water …

Paddy field dams are basin-level flood control measures that promote rainwater storage;
however, a general runoff model cannot adequately describe the water balance in paddy …

In China, the stress on agricultural water resources is becoming increasingly severe. In
response, a range of water-saving irrigation (WSI) policies and practices have been …

As the debates surrounding the negative influences of flood control using dams or reservoirs
on the eco-environment become fierce, non-structural flood control measures like land use …

Recently, Hyogo Prefecture in Japan has expanded its paddy field dam activity within the
prefecture using wood weir plates. A wood weir plate was placed at the drainage outlet of a …

The flood retention capacity of paddy fields is well-recognized in Japan, and all the existing
flood control practices via paddy field management achieve reductions in peak flood …

Drought and water scarcity in Iran is a climatic reality, and given the increasing need of
different sectors for water, the problem of water scarcity in the coming years threatens the …

Understanding the temporal and spatial variability in crop yield is considered as one of the
key steps in agricultural risk assessment. Therefore, a study of an irrigated area in Cihea …

Objectives: To identify the current agricultural practices, challenges faced in paddy
agriculture and analyse the water delivery performance of tank using RS and GIS. To review …