Agro-environmental sustainability of different water management practices in temperate rice agro-ecosystems

Miniotti, Eleonora Francesca; Romani, Marco; Said-Pullicino, Daniel; Facchi, A.; Bertora, Chiara; Peyron, Matteo; Sacco, Dario; Bischetti, Gian Battista; Lerda, Cristina; Tenni, Daniele; Gandolfi, Claudio; Celi, Luisella

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2016.02.010

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“…The former refers to the average yields of a panel of four rice varieties (i.e., Baldo, Gladio, Loto and Selenio cultivars) representative of the main grain types, measured in the time span 2011-2014 at the aforementioned experiment fields [31,45]. As Borrell et al [48] observed in a semi-arid tropical environment, irrigation water strongly influences the yield of rice.…”

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“…Their respective irrigation amounts, as measured and monitored at field scale [44,45], are shown in Table 1. The irrigation volume applied actually consists in providing more water than the amount needed, which means draining the excess [25,46].…”

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“…Their respective irrigation amounts, as measured and monitored at field scale [44,45], are shown Rice cultivation is mainly performed under continuous submergence, with a ponded water depth maintained for most of the growing season. A minority of paddy fields are subject to border irrigation, especially whenever water is delivered on rotation of 7 or 15 days [10,26].…”

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Water Management Options for Rice Cultivation in a Temperate Area: A Multi-Objective Model to Explore Economic and Water Saving Results

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Due to the changing climatic and environmental conditions, modifications in agricultural and water policies have been made, and irrigated agriculture has to face the challenge of making a rational and optimal use of the water resource effectively available. This urges rice farming, strongly and traditionally linked to water, to change the modalities for the use of the resource. If on one hand water saving techniques should be preferred, a different water management in paddy fields may lead to lower yields and higher production costs, with consequent repercussions on farm incomes. The paper recognizes the disagreement between environmental and economic concerns and aims at contributing to the discussion about how to reconcile them by adopting alternative irrigation strategies. From this perspective, a multi-objective linear optimization model is used to explore the trade-offs between conflicting objectives in a rice-growing area in Northern Italy. The model returns the optimal allocation of land subject to three different irrigation strategies, as those previously performed in experimental fields; in addition, a scenario analysis is run to simulate reduced resource availability. Results demonstrate the key role of prioritizing one objective over the other, while introducing cultivars more suitable for dry cultivation enables enlarging the frontier of optimal solutions.

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“…The values obtained for the standard, irrigated and alternately irrigated conditions were respectively 2270 mm, 1760 mm, and 680 mm [18]. At the RRU site however, Sustainability 2017, 9, 347 4 of 10 detailed measurements of circulating water volumes were lacking, thus we will use the values measured at the RRC site.…”

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“…The RRC carried out the experiments during four growing seasons (2011 to 2014), using a split-plot design with water management as main plot factor and variety as sub-plot factor [18]. Each water management modality was allocated in two plots, of size 20 m × 80 m each as described below:…”

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Economic Performance of Traditional and Modern Rice Varieties under Different Water Management Systems

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Italian rice production is progressively threatened by water scarcity. Some strategies have been developed to reduce water use. Nevertheless, reducing water irrigation amounts may lower paddy rice production. This publication compares the productivity and the economic performances of traditional and modern rice varieties in northern Italy using two different water management systems. The objective of this analysis is to enhance Italian rice cultivation at the economic, environmental and agronomic levels. Some positive variations of water productivity and economic water productivity were observed for the two varieties when using a lower amount of irrigation water. However, actual production costs and most water supply fees are the same for all the irrigation methods. Furthermore, the study of agronomic traits shows that during the recent years, there were no significant differences or increases of yield among varieties. Consequently, to be adopted by farmers, the irrigation costs coupled with improved rice accessions need to be optimized.

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Agro-environmental sustainability of different water management practices in temperate rice agro-ecosystems

Cited by 40 publications

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Water Management Options for Rice Cultivation in a Temperate Area: A Multi-Objective Model to Explore Economic and Water Saving Results

Water Management Options for Rice Cultivation in a Temperate Area: A Multi-Objective Model to Explore Economic and Water Saving Results

Economic Performance of Traditional and Modern Rice Varieties under Different Water Management Systems

Model‐based evaluation of climate change impacts on rice grain quality in the main European rice district

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