In order to feed growing populations under scare water resources, a suitable technology that
improves crop water productivity (CWP) is crucial. Precision agriculture that utilizes digital …

A methodology is demonstrated to account for the use and productivity of water resources.
This water accounting methodology presents useful information to water resource …

Concern over increasing water scarcity has led to the introduction of the concept of
agricultural water productivity and an emphasis on interventions to achieve 'more crop per …

There is a growing interest in quantifying regional scale actual evapotranspiration (ET) for
water accounting and for water productivity assessments at river basin scale. Methods that …

Irrigated agriculture contributes about 40 percent of the global food production, from about
260 million hectares of irrigated lands, of which about two thirds are formal irrigation …

This paper summarises the performance indicators currently used in the Research Program
on Irrigation Performance (RPIP). Within this Program field data are measured and collected …

Drip irrigation figures prominently in water policy debates as a possible solution to water
scarcity problems, based on the assertion that it will improve water use efficiencies. We use …

Efficient agricultural water use is required for food safety and water alleviation on a global
scale. Combining the water footprint and agricultural water use paradigms and envelo** …

Virtual water refers to the volume of water used to produce agricultural commodities. When
these commodities enter the world market, trade in virtual water takes place. Countries …

Agriculture is the largest consumer of water and total evapotranspiration from global
agricultural land could double in next 50 years if trends in food consumption and current …