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Innovation issues in water, agriculture and food
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The main challenge faced by agriculture is to produce enough food for a continued increase
in population, however in the context of ever-growing competition for water and land, climate change,
droughts and anthropic water scarcity, and less-participatory water governance. Such a context implies
innovative issues in agricultural water management and practices, at both the field and the system or
the basin scales, mainly in irrigation to cope with water scarcity, environmental friendliness, and
rural society welfare. Therefore, this special issue was set to present and discuss recent achievements
in water, agriculture, and food nexus at di erent scales, thus to promote sustainable development of
irrigated agriculture and to develop integrated approaches to water and food. Papers cover various
domains including: (a) evapotranspiration and crop water use; (b) improving water management
in irrigated agriculture, particularly irrigation scheduling; (c) adaptation of agricultural systems to
enhance water use and water productivity to face water scarcity and climate change; (d) improving
irrigation systems design and management adopting multi-criteria and risk approaches; (e) ensuring
sustainable management for anthropic ecosystems favoring safe and high-quality food production, as
well as the conservation of natural ecosystems; (f) assessing the impact of water scarcity and, mainly,
droughts; (g) conservation of water quality resources, namely by preventing contamination with
nitrates; (h) use of modern mapping technologies and remote sensing information; and (i) fostering a
participative and inclusive governance of water for food security and population welfare
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water-agriculture-food nexus crop water use and evapotranspiration irrigation scheduling design of irrigation systems simulation models droughts irrigation water governance economic and environmental issues
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Water 2019, 11, 1230
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MDPI