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access to groundwater is seen as one of the major threats to their maintenance and functioning. Potentially, however …, conjunctive use of water from rain, tanks and groundwater reserves, supported by proper monitoring, could improve the resilience … higher net agricultural income. Groundwater tables were not negatively affected. We argue that improved conjunctive use can …
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Water management techniques to elevate rice yields and productive use of water resources in Africa, frequently lack a substantial spatial assessment as they are often based on plot level measurements without taking into account toposequential effects present in the landscape. These effects have...
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The impact of agricultural practices on soil–groundwater quality in the sub-humid Bekaa plain of Lebanon …), to 778 (F1), to 879kgha−1 (F3). Groundwater quality was studied in 21 wells distributed along a sequence stretching from … exceeding 200mgL−1. Protecting the soil and groundwater quality is a top priority to maintain the ecological and agricultural …
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Agricultural production in India has become increasingly reliant on groundwater and this has resulted in depletion of … groundwater resources. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) for groundwater recharge is seen as one of the solutions to solve the … groundwater problem. This is reflected in an increase in watershed development programs, in which RWH is an important structural …
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have been proposed, to provide an essential tool for determining the groundwater pollution risks associated with common …)) and groundwater (Environmental Impact Index (EII)). Also, the Management Efficiency (ME) was calculated, which is related …
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assess the temporal and spatial variability of nitrate leaching into groundwater. Simulations of SWC and SMN in the seven …
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groundwater, soil moisture measurements may not always available in sufficient distributions for effective monitoring of … study area. Further analysis indicates that the narrowing in soil moisture storage change is sustained by groundwater …
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The objective of this study was to determine the degree of contamination of the shallow groundwater and the quality of …
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Groundwater provides many valuable services to society, especially as a source of irrigation water. However, over …-extraction and degradation threaten the ability of many groundwater systems to continue to provide such valuable services to society … methods that have estimated the potential benefits of groundwater to irrigated agriculture, though, are rather mixed. While …
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The Syrdarya River basin in Central Asia exhibits symptoms of scarcity because of growing competition between hydropower upstream and environment, cities and agriculture downstream. Different approaches to water management, based on water savings in agriculture could relieve the stress of...
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