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Irrigation development is essential to meet global food demands and contributes significantly to achieving United Nations “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) like Zero Hunger (SDG2) and Life on Land (SDG15)”. However, improper irrigation management can result in dual water challenges—rising water tables and salinization in irrigated areas. Curren...
The growing world population has augmented the generation of wastewater significantly and its proper management has become a worldwide challenge as the disposal of untreated wastewater contaminates the water sources and spreads water-linked health issues. Proper management of this huge volume of wastewater is also vital for realizing many UN’ SDGs...
Irrigation development is crucial to satisfy the rising food demands of the growing worldwide population. This is mainly imperative in dry regions where “crop water requirements are largely met by supplemental irrigation due to poorly distributed and erratic rainfall. Irrigation development is also essential for accomplishing many UN’s SDGs” such a...
Water and land resources are limited and dwindling in quantity and quality due to pollution and the effects of climate change. The "world needs to produce over sixty percent more food to feed" its 9.9 billion population in 2050 using these dwindling resources. Increased food production is also necessary to achieve most of the "UN's SDGs such as SDG...
The advancement of irrigated agriculture is indispensable to satisfy the growing food demands of the world's
prospering population. It is also essential for accomplishing many UN SDGs (United Nations' Sustainable Development
Goals) such as SDG1 (No Poverty), SDG2 (Zero Hunger), and SDG15 (Life on Land). Without proper management,
however, irrigatio...
The burgeoning population has endangered the sustainability of urban areas where over half of the total global population will live by 2050. The population growth has increased the rate of waste production noticeably during the recent past. And its disposal and management are a serious environmental problem across the world. The problem is severe i...
Water and land scarcity has increased considerably thanks to population growth, urbanization, contamination of resources, and climate change impacts. The world needs to produce over 60% more food to feed about ten billion people in 2050 by using these scarce resources. The aforementioned goal can be accomplished by optimizing the distribution of ex...
The advancement of irrigated agriculture is indispensable to satisfy the growing food demands of the escalating worldwide population. It is also essential for accomplishing many of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDG) such as SDG1 (no poverty), SDG2 (zero hunger), SDG3 (good health and well-being), and SDG15 (life on land). However, without...
Soil is a vital resource for feeding the burgeoning global population, and it is also essential for realizing most of the "United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." For example, it is vital to realizing the "Zero hunger (SDG2), Good health and well‐being (SDG3), Clean water and sanitation (SDG6), and Life on land (SDG15)". Excess salts...
The UN' SDG6 thrusts the reuse of treated wastewater to ensure the availability of water for all. The use of treated wastewater for crop irrigation is a feasible option as the agriculture sector is the largest user of all water sources. This paper provides a review of wastewater utilization for crop irrigation with a specific focus on environmental...
The worldwide populace is rising steadily. Urbanization is likewise expanding quickly with the rising populace. Fast urbanization has considerably increased the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW). The MSW management issues have recently been analyzed through various assessment indicators and information and communication technologies (ICTs)....
Good quality land and water resources are restricted, and they are getting debased. Farming production should be expanded by utilizing such debased resources for giving food to the developing worldwide populace, which is required to increment by another two billion individuals prior to leveling off at about 9.8 billion in 2050. This worldwide popul...
Good quality soil and water resources are limited and they are becoming degraded. Agricultural production needs to be increased by using such degraded resources for providing food and fiber for the growing global population, which requires about 60% more food by 2050. This goal can be achieved by either expanding agriculture in new areas or increas...
The expansion of irrigated agriculture is of paramount importance to feed the burgeoning global population. However, without proper management, this expansion can result in environmental problems of irrigation-induced soil salinization. A recent FAO estimate reported that a large portion of total global soil resources are degraded and this problem...
The extension of irrigated agriculture is essential to fulfilling the mounting demand for food and fibre from a growing population which is anticipated to reach about 10 billion individuals in 2050. Lacking the necessary drainage, this extension can bring about salinization issues in irrigated regions. Continuous irrigation over many years with no...
The recurring flooding causes loss of life and damage to buildings and other structures, including bridges, sewerage systems, roadways and canals. It also frequently damages power transmission and sometimes power generation, which then has knock-on effects caused by the loss of power. The present study compares the relative performance of flood fre...
Growing world population along with fast economic growth and increased living standards have increased the municipal waste generation making its management be a foremost global issue. The problem is even more serious in urban areas as its improper management prompts tainting of soil, water, and environment which create public health risks. These pr...
The development of irrigated agriculture is essential to feed the growing world population. Nevertheless, without proper drainage provisions, this development can result in salinization and rising groundwater table problems in irrigated areas. An effective drainage system not only improves existing agricultural lands but also brings new areas under...
The production of municipal solid waste has increased noticeably during the recent past due to the mounting
global population and fast urbanization. Furthermore, its poor management and inappropriate disposal are a
global challenge since these have created environmental problems in urban ecosystems. Waste management
problems are significantly stall...
In waste management systems, several parameters such as the rate of waste production, disposal facility, treatment cost, and their relations may be uncertain and can influence the associated optimization processes. These uncertainty problems in waste management were addressed by using various inexact programming methods. For example, fuzzy, stochas...
Convenient and sufficient water supply to crops is a necessity for sustainable food production to the rising total
populace. Albeit adequate water supply is important for crop production, the surplus water in the rootzone is
hurtful to plant development and yield. Poor drainage and associated salinization represent severe threats to the
long-term s...
The intensification of irrigated agriculture is required for attaining food security. It could result, however, in water resources problems of waterlogging and secondary salinization. To assess different management strategies in solving the problems, the current study used a simulation model SaltMod in a command area of north-west India which faced...
This study employed an easy groundwater recharge model which requires input values that are effectively on
hand or attainable and exactly measured. The estimated long-term seasonal groundwater recharges have been
used for the assessment of environmental issues of agricultural lands in an irrigated semiarid area of northwest
India, where groundwater...
The development of irrigated agriculture is vital to nourish the burgeoning world population but without apposite drainage stipulations, this development can result in environmental problems of salinization and waterlogging in irrigated agro-systems. These problems of irrigated areas were generally assessed by conventional methods which demand a lo...
A timely and adequate water supply to crops is a requirement for sustainable food production to the burgeoning world populace. Although sufficient water supply is necessary for crop production, the excess water in the rootzone is detrimental to crop growth and yield. Poor land drainage and associated salinization correspond to severe threats to the...
Arid and semiarid regions cannot meet the demands for food and fiber, at an acceptable environmental cost, without irrigation. However, the escalation of irrigated agriculture could result in environmental problems of soil salinisation and waterlogging. This study attempts to analyse the long-term effect of different management strategies on the wa...
Arid and semiarid regions cannot meet the demands for food and fiber, at an acceptable environmental cost,
without irrigation. However, the escalation of irrigated agriculture could result in environmental problems of
soil salinisation and waterlogging. This study attempts to analyse the long-term effect of different management
strategies on the wa...
The development of irrigated agriculture is a requirement for feeding the rising world population but without proper drainage provisions, this development can result in irrigation-induced salinization in agricultural areas. The management of salinization and drainage problems at the regional level are considerably hindered due to lack of good quali...
The expansion of irrigated agriculture is required to feed the ever-increasing world population. On the other hand, the expansion of irrigated agriculture causes waterlogging and salinization problems in semiarid and arid regions where more than three-fourths of the world’s population reside. These problems of irrigated agriculture have direct and...
The development of irrigated agriculture causes waterlogging and salinization problems in agricultural areas due to intensive seepage into the groundwater. These problems can be controlled by either implementing preventive measures or by adopting remedial measures. This paper provides an overview of various measures and their suitability and limita...
The expansion of irrigated agriculture is required to feed the ever-increasing world population. On the other hand, the expansion of irrigated agriculture causes waterlogging and salinization problems in semiarid and arid regions where more than three-fourths of the world's population reside. These problems of irrigated agriculture have direct and...
The development of irrigated agriculture causes waterlogging and salinization problems in agricultural areas due to intensive seepage into the groundwater. These problems can be controlled by either implementing preventive measures or by adopting remedial measures. This paper provides an overview of various measures and their suitability and limita...
The continuous decrease in good quality water and land resources and concurrent increase in global population accentuates the need of optimal allocation of these resources to fulfilling the rising food requirements. This study presents the formulation and application a management model for the optimal allocation of available good quality water and...
Complex network-based approach for the analysis of rainfall over eastern India.
The development of irrigated agriculture is necessary for fulfilling the rising food requirements of the burgeoning global population. However, the intensification of irrigated agriculture causes the twin menace of waterlogging and soil salinization in arid and semiarid regions where more than 75% of the world’s population lives. These problems can...
Rise in groundwater level followed by waterlogging and secondary salinisation has become a serious problem in canal irrigated areas of arid and semiarid regions of the world. A wide range of solutions could be considered to address the problems. But the effectiveness of all the solutions and their combinations cannot be verified with on-farm experi...
The formulation and application of two optimization models is presented in this study. The models were used to maximize the net farm revenue of an irrigated area located in northwest India by optimally allocating the available water and land resources. In order to moderate the rising water table issues, a ground water component was introduced in th...
The intensification of irrigated agriculture is a prerequisite for fulfilling the rising food requirements of the burgeoning global population. But the expansion of irrigated agriculture causes the water resources problems in irrigated areas. The twin menace, i.e., waterlogging and soil salinization of irrigated agriculture can be managed by either...
The continuous increase in global population and simultaneous decrease in good quality water resources emphasize the need of conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water resources for irrigation. The optimal allocation of water resources can be achieved by employing an appropriate optimization technique. This paper presents an overview of the d...
Sustainable agriculture requires the careful optimization of the use of organic amendments to improve soil fertility while minimizing any harmful environmental effects. To understand the events that occur in soil after the addition of different organic amendments, we evaluated the nitrogen (N) mineralization dynamics in soil after adding organic am...
The development of irrigated agriculture is necessary for fulfilling the rising food requirements of the burgeoning global population. However, the intensification of irrigated agriculture causes the twin menace of waterlogging and soil salinization in arid and semiarid regions where more than 75% of the world's population lives. Waterlogging and s...
Irrigation is essential for achieving food security to the burgeoning global population but unplanned and injudicious expansion of irrigated areas causes waterlogging and salinization problems. Under this backdrop, groundwater resources management is a critical issue for fulfilling the increasing water demand for agricultural, industrial, and domes...
Agriculture is the largest water user and consumes over 70% of the abstracted freshwater globally. The continuous increase in global population and simultaneous decrease in good quality water resources emphasize the need of using poor quality irrigation water for agricultural production. However, the injudicious use of poor quality irrigation water...
The global population is continuously increasing and good quality land and water resources are simultaneously declining. This condition emphasizes the need of optimal allocation of these resources to fulfill the rising food requirements. This study presents the development and application of two management models for the seasonal optimal allocation...
Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater is being practiced in many regions of the world to bring more areas under irrigation, increase agricultural production and productivity, and also maintain overall system balance. Successful agricultural water management policies put the physical, hydro-geological, and socio-economic constraints on th...
Good quality surface water and groundwater resources are limited furthermore they are shrinking because of the urbanization, contamination, and climate change impacts. In this backdrop, the proper allocation and management of these resources is a critical challenge for satisfying the rising water demands of agricultural sector. Because irrigated ag...
This study presents the formulation and application of a linear programming model for the maximization of net annual farm income from an area located in the Rohtak district of Haryana, India. A groundwater balance constraint was imposed on the model, which mitigates the waterlogging problem of the area, while making an optimal allocation of land an...
The global population is increasing rapidly and expected to touch the 9.5 billion mark by 2050 from the current
7.2 billion. The management of the groundwater resources is a challenging task worldwide against the backdrop
of the growing water demand for industrial, agricultural, and domestic uses and shrinking resources. Moreover,
this task has bee...
The management of groundwater resources is a critical issue against the backdrop of the increasing water demand for agricultural, industrial, and domestic uses and dwindling water resources. Various simulation and optimization approaches have been used to solve the groundwater management problems. This paper presents an overview of the simulation a...
The world population is increasing continuously and is expected to reach the 9.5billion mark in 2050 from the current 7.1billion. The importance of the groundwater resources is also increasing with the increase in population, because the quality and quantity of water resources are continuously declining because of urbanization, contamination, and c...
The coastal aquifers of the world are facing environmental problem of seawater intrusion. This problem is the results of indiscriminate and unplanned groundwater exploitation for fulfilling the growing need of freshwater for the burgeoning global population. There is a need to develop appropriate management models for assessing the maximum feasible...
Proper planning and management of irrigation is vital in achieving food security for the burgeoning global population and sustaining livelihoods. Because irrigated agriculture is expected to provide more food, if managed properly. The comprehensive reviews on the use of various programming techniques used for planning and management of irrigation h...
Symposium on Agriculture and Food Engineering" under the track of 'World Congress on Engineering and Technology (CET2013)
Waterlogging and secondary salinization have become a serious problem in the
canal irrigated areas of arid and semi–arid regions worldwide. In this study, a unique and
simple technique was evolved in which a linear programming (LP) optimization model was
first developed that allocates available land and water resources in order to maximize net
annu...
Waterlogging and secondary salinization have become a serious problem in the
canal irrigated areas of arid and semi–arid regions worldwide. In this study, a unique and
simple technique was evolved in which a linear programming (LP) optimization model was
first developed that allocates available land and water resources in order to maximize net
annu...
Waterlogging and secondary salinization have become a serious problem in the canal irrigated areas of arid and semi–arid regions worldwide. In this study, a unique and simple technique was evolved in which a linear programming (LP) optimization model was first developed that allocates available land and water resources in order to maximize net annu...
Optimal use of water resources for maximizing farm income (Manuscript ID: EWRA/2013/233)
Rise in groundwater level followed by waterlogging and secondary salinisation has become a serious problem in canal irrigated areas located in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. To solve the problem, the groundwater model SGMP was applied in a waterlogged area of Haryana State of India in which about 500,000 ha has already waterlogged resulti...
Poor quality groundwater can be used conjunctively with good quality canal water to fulfil crop water demand and maximize net annual returns particularly, in the arid and semi-arid regions where good quality soil and water resources are limited. A linear programming model was developed for the optimal land and water resources allocation in order to...
Irrigated agriculture faces serious threats of waterlogging and soil salinisation in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. To evaluate different options to solve the problem, the computer based simulation model, SaltMod was applied in a waterlogged area of Haryana State in India. After successful calibration (10 years) and validation (10 yea...
Direct measurement of groundwater recharge is nearly impossible. So there are various direct and indirect methods and sophisticated models have been used for its estimation. However, the use of multiple approaches has been recommended to estimate the groundwater recharge since each individual approach is associated with some limitations. In many ca...
Irrigated agriculture faces serious threats of waterlogging and soil salinization in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. In this paper, an integrated spatial-agro-hydro-salinity model (SAHYSMOD) was used to analyze water and salt balances of an irrigated semiarid area located in the Haryana State of India where the groundwater level is risi...
Waterlogging and soil salinization are the twin menaces of canal-irrigated areas located in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. An integrated spatial agro-hydro-salinity model, SAHYSMOD, was applied to analyze water and salt balances of an irrigated semi-arid area located in Haryana, India, where the groundwater level is rising continuously. T...
The optimal use of available resources is of paramount importance in the backdrop of the increasing food, fiber, and other demands of the burgeoning global population and the shrinking resources. The optimal use of these resources can be determined by employing an optimization technique. The comprehensive reviews on the use of various programming t...
The optimal use of available resources is of paramount importance in the backdrop of the increasing food,
fiber, and other demands of the burgeoning global population and the shrinking resources. The optimal
use of these resources can be determined by employing an optimization technique. The comprehensive
reviews on the use of various programming t...
Good quality soil and water resources are often limited in arid and semi-arid regions; however, poor quality groundwater can be used conjunctively with good quality canal water to fulfill crop water demand in these areas. In the present study, a linear programming model was developed for the optimal land and water resources allocation to maximize n...
Waterlogging and secondary salinisation have become serious problems in canal irrigated areas of arid and semi-arid regions. This study examined hydrology and estimated the seasonal net groundwater recharge of an irrigated semi-arid region located in the Haryana State of India where about 500 000 ha area are waterlogged and unproductive, and the si...
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The groundwater in some parts of north India is generally saline and not suitable for drinking. However, it can be used for growing salt-tolerant crop plants. To explore the potential of using saline groundwater for farm production, a field experiment was conducted at Shahpur village, near Hisar in Haryana State, India, to study the effect of diffe...
Accurate estimation of the groundwater recharge is essential for efficient and sustainable groundwater management in arid and semi-arid regions, as water resources are critical to economic development in these areas. Various techniques are available to quantify recharge. The hydrological budget model proposed herein is unique, simple, and easy to a...
The sustainability of the rice–wheat cropping system in an irrigated semi-arid area of Haryana State (India) is under threat due to the continuous rise in the poor quality groundwater table, which is caused by the geo-hydrological condition and poor irrigation water management. About 500,000 ha in the State are waterlogged and unproductive and the...
The long-term success of irrigated agriculture for sustainable crop production in India depends largely on the careful management of land and water resources. Currently, some serious environmental problems of waterlogging and soil salinization are burgeoning in parts of Haryana State of India; half a million hectare area of the State is already wat...
International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Agricultural and Food Engineering, ETAE 2004
International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Agricultural and Food Engineering, ETAE 2004
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