TY - JOUR
T1 - STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN DRYLAND AGROECOSYSTEMS
AU - Zahra, Noreen
AU - Farooq, Muhammad
AU - Siddique, Kadambot H.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Higher Education Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Rainfed cultivation is under pressure in dryland agroecosystems in developing countries and is a major concern for subsistence farmers. Alternate crop management and efficient water use practices may help improve water use efficiencies (WUE) in the dryland farming systems. Here, we summarize dryland ecosystem challenges and strategies to overcome the adversities of high WUE, including rainwater harvesting, precision water management, cconservation agriculture, crop diversification, use of mulches, promotion of agroforestry, mixed crop-livestock systems, policy options and ecosystem approach (Fig.
AB - Rainfed cultivation is under pressure in dryland agroecosystems in developing countries and is a major concern for subsistence farmers. Alternate crop management and efficient water use practices may help improve water use efficiencies (WUE) in the dryland farming systems. Here, we summarize dryland ecosystem challenges and strategies to overcome the adversities of high WUE, including rainwater harvesting, precision water management, cconservation agriculture, crop diversification, use of mulches, promotion of agroforestry, mixed crop-livestock systems, policy options and ecosystem approach (Fig.
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U2 - 10.15302/J-FASE-2021409
DO - 10.15302/J-FASE-2021409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125268004
SN - 2095-7505
VL - 8
SP - 599
EP - 602
JO - Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
JF - Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
IS - 4
ER -