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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Agricultural Water"”.
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Gender-based analysis of agricultural water security in Luvhada Community, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Women and men use water differently. A significant number of rural women and men rely on natural water resources for farming in irrigated schemes, as a key and common economic activity. Women undertake farming either together with men or alone (for example, when widowed or when the men migrate to …
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Agricultural water quality and biofilm formation in water storage containers and irrigation pipes linked to fresh produce safety
… rainfall alone. They therefore also make use of water distribution systems to irrigate their crops from stored reserves. As access to superior quality irrigation water has decreased substantially with: water scarcity, licensing regulations and increased levels of pollution; producers are faced …
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Understanding beliefs and preferences of irrigators towards the use and management of agricultural water in the Colorado River Basin
… result, the availability, use, and allocation of water throughout the West have become sources of both conflict and collaboration. Growing conflict emphasizes the need to identify and understand the diversity of beliefs of agricultural water users. This in turn, will help stakeholders better …
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Hydrologic Conditions and Streamflow Change in an Evolving Semi-Arid Agricultural Watershed, Smith River, Montana
Agricultural land and water use has modified natural flow regimes in the western US. Understanding the effect of agricultural water use on streamflow is critical to effective water management and is often limited by the available data record. This investigation evaluates agricultural water use and …
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Hydrologic Conditions and Streamflow Change in an Evolving Semi-Arid Agricultural Watershed, Smith River, Montana
Agricultural land and water use has modified natural flow regimes in the western US. Understanding the effect of agricultural water use on streamflow is critical to effective water management and is often limited by the available data record. This investigation evaluates agricultural water use and …
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Factors Influencing The Ecology and Epidemiology of Microbial Indicators and Foodborne Pathogens In Surface Waters and Development of Risk Mitigations
… from on-farm sources, such as soil or agricultural water. Additionally, the heterogeneity of the pre-harvest environment complicates the development of universal strategies for managing produce safety risks. Understanding the ecology and epidemiology of foodborne pathogens and fecal …
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Changing Patterns of Water, Access, and Public Discourse in the Lower Colorado River Valley of Texas, 1970-2015
This mixed-methods study analyzes changes in water, access, and public discourse in the lower Colorado River valley of Texas from 1970 to 2015. The waters of the lower Colorado River have sustained urban populations and agricultural operations for over a century. Yet, recent, rapid urban growth and …
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Tracing hydrosocial change: the social constellations of water access and allocation for oil and gas development in Colorado
Increasing water use for OG development in Colorado suggests a change in the social constellations of water governance. Colorado's water allocation institutions, practices and policies relationally shape and are shaped by water's biophysical movement over space and time through a hydrosocial cycle. …
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Characterization of Coleus x hybridus Voss. 'Goldbound' water requirements
Plant water deficit is the major factor limiting global crop productivity. Yield loss caused by water stress is estimated to exceed total loss from all other causes. Moreover, availability of agricultural water is declining worldwide because of increasing demand and decreasing quality. …
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Water management policies and their impact on irrigated crop production in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
… particularly susceptible when applying certain water management policies in the Australian Murray-Darling Basin, one of the world largest river basins and Australia’s most fertile region. By comparing different pricing and non-pricing water management policies with the help of the Water …
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Health and Environmental Benefits of Reduced Pesticide Use in Uganda: An Experimental Economics Analysis
… consuming potentially contaminated groundnuts/water in a framed field experimental procedure. Three experimental treatments (information, proxy good, and group treatments) are used. Subjects are endowed with a monetary amount (starting capital) equivalent to half the country's per capita daily …
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Evaluation of pre-packaged agricultural drip irrigation kits
… and performance evaluation of two different agricultural pre-packaged drip irrigation kit (PDIK) systems: Chapin Bucket Kit and International Design Enterprises (IDE) drip kit. PDIK systems are a cost-effective type of appropriate technology for the developing world because they reduce …
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Hydraulic Effects of Perpendicular Water Approach Velocity on Meter Gate Flow Measurement
… measurement is required to effectively manage water resources. California Senate Bill X7-7 (SB X7-7), legislates this need by requiring agricultural water providers serving areas greater than 25,000 acres to develop an Agricultural Water Management Plan (AWMP) and adopt pricing based at least …
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Genetic analysis reveals bidirectional fish movement across the Continental Divide via an interbasin water transfer
Interbasin water transfers are becoming an increasingly common tool to satisfy municipal and agricultural water demand, but their impacts on the movement and gene flow of aquatic organisms are poorly understood. The Grand Ditch is an interbasin water transfer that diverts water from tributaries of …
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Addressing produce safety educational resources for non- English speaking growers in the Midwest
… Midwestern United States often possess valuable agricultural experience. However, many face challenges in adopting produce safety practices due to language barriers and limited access to culturally relevant educational resources. These gaps hinder their ability to comply with U.S. produce safety …
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Towards improved partnerships in the water sector in the Middle East : A case study of Jordan
… use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector in Jordan, a Middle East pioneer with respect to experimenting with different approaches to delivering water services in both cities and rural areas. Jordan's efforts to decentralize water services began in the late 1990s at the …
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Assessing the role of human behaviors in the management of extreme hydrological events: an agent-based modeling approach
… case of drought events considers a hypothetical agricultural water market based on double auction. Farmers’ multiple behaviors (irrigation and bidding behaviors) are modeled in an ABM framework. The impacts of the interplay of these behaviors on water market performance are evaluated under …
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