TY - BOOK ID - 135585319 TI - Water Management for Sustainable Food Production AU - Kannan, Narayanan AU - Swamy, Aavudai Anandhi PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - AquaCrop model KW - capillary rise KW - climate change KW - rainfall variability KW - supplemental irrigation KW - crop growth KW - lettuce KW - AquaCrop KW - water saving KW - water productivity KW - deficit irrigation KW - nitrogen productivity KW - fertigation KW - drip irrigation KW - low-discharge KW - arid regions KW - Africa KW - food security KW - system of rice intensification KW - water conservation KW - climate variability KW - water use efficiency KW - multi-crop production KW - pressure irrigation systems KW - water costs KW - corn KW - soybeans KW - maize KW - crop-water production function KW - West Africa KW - spatiotemporal rainfall variability KW - tied ridges KW - scattered plots KW - pearl millet KW - yield loss KW - crop uptake KW - food quality KW - geogenic KW - emerging contaminants KW - nanomaterials KW - lysimeter KW - canola KW - water table KW - root distribution KW - evapotranspiration KW - sustainable irrigation KW - bibliometric analysis KW - innovation and technology KW - unconventional water resources KW - delayed transplanting KW - seedling age KW - seedling density KW - wet season KW - grain sorghum KW - precipitation KW - rainfed KW - multiple linear regression KW - crop yield KW - principal component analysis KW - water allocation KW - WEAP model KW - scenario KW - Awash River Basin KW - sustainability KW - agriculture KW - virtual water trade KW - blue KW - green KW - arid region KW - brackish water KW - sub surface drip irrigation (SDI) KW - salinity KW - sodicity KW - olives trees KW - excess precipitation KW - irrigation water quality KW - virtual water KW - brackish groundwater KW - rainwater harvesting KW - socio-economic impacts UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135585319 AB - The agricultural community is face with the challenge of increasing food production by more than 70% to meet demand from the global population increase by the mid-21st century. Sustainable food production involves the sustained availability of resources, such as water and energy, to agriculture. The key challenges to sustainable food production are population increase, increasing demands for food, climate change, climate variability, and decreasing per capita land and water resources. To discuss more details on (a) the challenges for sustainable food production and (b) mitigation options available, a Special Issue on “Water Management for Sustainable Food Production” was assembled. This Special Issue focused on issues such as irrigation using brackish water, virtual water trade, allocation of water resources, consequences of excess precipitation on crop yields, strategies to increase water productivity, rainwater harvesting, irrigation water management, deficit irrigation, fertilization, environmental and socio-economic impacts, and irrigation water quality. The articles in the Special Issue cover several water-related issues across the U.S., Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan concerning sustainable food production. The articles in this Special Issue highlight the substantial impacts on agricultural production, water availability, and water quality in the face of increasing demands for food and energy. ER -