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Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use: A Review from the Perspectives of Multiple Disciplines
Author(s) -
Nair Shyam,
Johnson Jeff,
Wang Chenggang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj2012.0421
Subject(s) - irrigation , multidisciplinary approach , environmental science , water use efficiency , agriculture , perspective (graphical) , climate change , agricultural engineering , water resources , water resource management , agronomy , geography , computer science , engineering , ecology , sociology , social science , archaeology , artificial intelligence , biology
The increasing global population and dwindling water supplies make efficient use of irrigation water the prime priority in agricultural production. The importance of irrigation water efficiency is more intensified now owing to concerns about climate change, which may lead to a drier climate in the future. Even though irrigation efficiency is a term widely used by plant physiologists, agronomists, irrigation engineers, and economists, both the definition and the perspectives of the term vary with the different disciplines. This review presents and compares irrigation water use efficiency from the perspective of different disciplines. This can help researchers in different fields understand each other’s perspective and stimulate multidisciplinary thinking and research.