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Research Project: Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production

Location: Soil and Water Management Research

Title: Water allocation strategies and tools for irrigation management decisions

Author
item Schwartz, Robert

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.