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Drought Impacts in Agriculture: Water Conservation and Water Saving Practices and Management

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Methods and Tools for Drought Analysis and Management

Part of the book series: Water Science and Technology Library ((WSTL,volume 62))

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This chapter revises the measures and practices that can be applied by the agriculture sector, rainfed and irrigated agriculture, to reduce both water demand and water consumption to mitigate the impacts of droughts. The analysis focuses on water conservation and water saving practices and management measures, which may lead to reduce the demand, control supplies and to improve the efficient use of water and water productivity

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  1. Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

    L. S. Pereira

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy

    Giuseppe Rossi

  2. Sicilian Regional Agency for Waste and Water, Water Observatory, Palermo, Italy

    Teodoro Vega

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy

    Brunella Bonaccorso

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Pereira, L.S. (2007). Drought Impacts in Agriculture: Water Conservation and Water Saving Practices and Management. In: Rossi, G., Vega, T., Bonaccorso, B. (eds) Methods and Tools for Drought Analysis and Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5924-7_17

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