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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Irrigation Technologies"”.
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Effect of irrigation technology and plant density on cotton growth, yield, yield components, and water use efficiency
… This study aimed to (i) assess the effect of irrigation technology and plant density on cotton growth, yield, and yield components, and (ii) determine the actual evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, and grass-reference crop coefficients of cotton under different irrigation technologies …
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Lowering the cost of solar-powered drip irrigation systems for smallholder farmers through systems-level modeling, optimization, and field testing
… is to lower the cost of solar-powered drip irrigation systems and thus make them more accessible to smallholder farmers, who operate farms that are less than 2 ha and normally located in rural communities. Current solar-powered drip irrigation systems that are conventionally sized are …
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Assessing long-term conservation of groundwater resources in the Ogallala Aquifer Region using hydro-agronomic modeling
… for domestic use, municipalities, agricultural irrigation, industrial processes, etc. Over the past century, excessive groundwater depletion has occurred globally and regionally, notably in arid and semi-arid regions, often due to providing irrigation water for crop cultivation. The High Plains …
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Modeling the Food-Water Nexus: A Spatio-temporal Accounting of Agricultural Land and Water Use in the United States
… cropland has remained relatively stable, irrigation has declined in water-scarce western states and expanded in more humid eastern regions, reflecting adaptive responses to changing water availability. Building on this spatial foundation, this dissertation then created MIrAg-US (Modeled …