Global Water Governance and Climate Change: Identifying Innovative Arrangements for Adaptive Transformation

Zurita, María de Lourdes Melo; Thomsen, Dana C.; Holbrook, Neil J.; Smith, Tim; Lyth, Anna; Munro, Paul; Bruin, Annemarieke de; Seddaiu, Giovanna; Roggero, Pier Paolo; Baird, Julia; Plummer, Ryan; Bullock, Ryan; Collins, Kevin; Powell, Neil

doi:10.3390/w10010029

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“…A series of variables limit the availability of hydric resources that can be used in agriculture [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Within this context of scarcity, improving water use efficiency has become a priority [7][8][9]. Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture (WUEA) usually involves consuming less water to reach a specific production goal or increasing the production of a given water supply [10].…”

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Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis

Velasco-Muñoz

Aznar-Sánchez

Ureña

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Water

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Water use efficiency in agriculture (WUEA) has become a priority given increasing limitations on hydric resources. As a result, this area of research has increased in importance, becoming one of the most prolific lines of study. The main aim of this study was to present a review of worldwide WUEA research over the last 30 years. A bibliometric analysis was developed based on the Scopus database. The sample included 6063 articles. The variables analyzed were: articles per year, category, journal, country, institution, author, and keyword. The results indicate that a remarkable growth in the number of articles published per year is occurring. The main category is environmental science and the main journal Agricultural Water Management. The countries with the highest number of articles were China, the United States of America, and India. The institution that published the most articles was the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the authors from China also were the most productive. The most frequently used keywords were irrigation, crop yield, water supply, and crops. The findings of this study can assist researchers in this field by providing an overview of worldwide research.

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Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis

Velasco-Muñoz

Aznar-Sánchez

Ureña

et al. 2018

Water

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“…For example, the shared act of interrogating and understanding a narrative or discourse can build collaborations, share understandings and lead to the design of new futures [55]. Innovative arrangements for governance [56] and for moving beyond single issues [57], become more attainable with these collaborative, transdisciplinary approaches. For transformation of practice, collaboration needs to occur not only among scientists of different disciplines, but also at science and practitioner interfaces [58].…”

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The Opportunities and Risks of the Soil Security Metaphor: A Review

Allan

2019

Sustainability

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Language both represents and constructs our reality. Soil Security is a proposed new frame for encouraging the systematic and interdisciplinary approaches to soil research needed to address complex needs. This bold attempt at reframing may, however, have numerous consequences in addition to its central intent. This review paper explores words and discourses related to ‘Soil Security’. Current understanding of how language frames reality is presented, emphasising the roles of metaphor and entailments. Soil Security is then situated in relation to the broader construct of Environmental Security, with references to security of water, food and energy. Against this background, aspects of Soil Security are explored, and some cautions issued to users of the term. The soil science community is urged to actively consider the implications and nuances of any discourse, including that of Soil Security, with which it engages, or risk being led to operate in unintended or unwelcome ways. To guide this engagement, the review paper concludes with suggestions on how to reflect on the practice of soil science and its role in the future of humanity.

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“…Severe water deficit limits crop growth and yield with negative economic consequences [14]. In the last few years, rainfall has declined in some parts of the Mediterranean region due to a climatic change [15] causing substantial shortage in the available water resources for agricultural production.…”

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Soil-Mulching Influence on Spearmint Oil Yield, Ecophysiological Activities and Essential-Oil Content in Rainfed Environment of Southern Italy

2022

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The application of soil mulching is widely used to improve crop productivity within semiarid regions of Mediterranean environments. A field study was conducted during two consecutive cycles of spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) within the rainfed region of Southern Italy to evaluate the effects of straw mulch cultivation practices on crop yields and ecophysiological activities. Four treatments were evaluated: (1) rainfed with straw mulch (RM), (2) rainfed without straw mulch (R), (3) well-watered control plants (W) and (4) well-watered with straw mulch (WM). The rainfed mulch treatment (RM) significantly improved oil yields and ecophysiological activity of the spearmint in comparison with rainfed (R). The rainfed mulch treatment (RM) showed lower inhibition of photosynthesis and smaller diffusive limitations than control treatment, while in rainfed plants (R) photosynthetic activity and diffusive limitations strongly decreased at the end of crop cycle. The average essential-oil content was significantly lower under the W, WM and RM treatments, in comparison to the R treatment, during the full-bloom stages (40 DAT). Instead, at the end of crop cycle, the mulching practice (RM and WM) insignificantly changed the essential-oil content compared with non-mulched well-watered treatment (W), while in rainfed plants (R) the essential-oil content strongly decreased. In addition, rainfed conditions affected the percentage of the three major monoterpenes and decreased the formation of carvone from limonene. Therefore, the current study concluded that straw mulch is an effective management practice to improve growing conditions by decreasing groundwater consumption and to increase oil yields in spearmint within this Mediterranean rainfed region.

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Global Water Governance and Climate Change: Identifying Innovative Arrangements for Adaptive Transformation

Cited by 16 publications

References 81 publications

Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis

Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis

The Opportunities and Risks of the Soil Security Metaphor: A Review

Soil-Mulching Influence on Spearmint Oil Yield, Ecophysiological Activities and Essential-Oil Content in Rainfed Environment of Southern Italy

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