Improving the Water-Use Efficiency and the Agricultural Productivity: An Application Case in a Modernized Semiarid Region in North-Central Mexico
| Autor: | Laura Ávila Dávila, Carlos Bautista-Capetillo, Cruz Octavio Robles Rovelo, Julián González-Trinidad, Hugo Enrique Júnez-Ferreira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Irrigation
0208 environmental biotechnology Geography Planning and Development Population TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology Agricultural engineering Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Field capacity modernized irrigation module GE1-350 Agricultural productivity Water-use efficiency education education.field_of_study Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Increased water productivity Crop yield 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Bulk density semiarid area 020801 environmental engineering Permanent wilting point Environmental sciences 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 8122, p 8122 (2020) Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 19 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The increasing population demands a greater quantity of food. In order to satisfy the world&rsquo s demand, one of the main challenges worldwide consists of modernizing the current irrigation systems. This research shows an experience carried out in a modernized irrigation module in Central-North Mexico following these objectives: to evaluate the impact of the modernization of the irrigation module, to analyze the agricultural productivity, and to assess a group of parameters related with the agricultural production (system conduction and distribution efficiencies, water productivity, among others) and the water volumes after and before the modernization. After a drought period, a methodology was performed in commercial parcels in 2013 to increase the yield of different crops. Some of the activities were: soil leveling, estimation of the soil properties (field capacity, wilting point, bulk density, pH, and organic matter), optimum fertilization applications, use of a model to scheduling irrigation, measure volumes extracted at the parcel level. With the modernization and the method used, around 1800 and 2000 m³ ha&ndash 1 were saved with respect to the initial granted volume by the Comisió n Nacional del Agua and increase in the global efficiency was also achieved (from 55% to 85%). All crop yields increased, i.e., for corn from 2.5 kg/m³ to 3.8 kg/m³ The impact of modernization accompanied with an effective operation allowed a significant increase of the crop yield and water productivity. Despite a controlled distribution of water being carried out, future research should contemplate free water demand scenarios and automation irrigation for improving the module operation. |
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