Location: Soil and Water Management Research
Title: Water allocation strategies and tools for irrigation management decisionsAuthor
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Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2021 Publication Date: 4/1/2021 Citation: Schwartz, R.C. 2021. Water allocation strategies and tools for irrigation management decisions [abstract]. College of Agriculture and Health Sciences Research Seminar Series, April 1, 2021, Prairie View A&M University (Virtual). Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Irrigated agriculture generates approximately 40% of the global food supply on 20% of cultivated land. At least half of the future gains in crop production required to satisfy the growing world population will need to be derived from irrigated land, principally in semiarid environments with scarce water resources (FAO, 2020). Ensuring a more productive and sustainable use of freshwater and precipitation in agriculture is vital towards meeting these future demands. Dr. Schwartz will present an overview of some perspectives in water allocation decisions, emerging technologies, and specific strategies aimed at improving crop water productivity. Specific topics will focus primarily on collaborative research in the southern US Great Plains and Spain including constraints in water availability and how this influences both targeted research and management, sensor based irrigation, drought tolerant maize, and allocation decisions for maximum production and economic return. |
