Increasing water-use efficiency in rice production: farm-level perspectives

Authors
Tuong, TP Bhuiyan, SI
Citation
Tp. Tuong et Si. Bhuiyan, Increasing water-use efficiency in rice production: farm-level perspectives, AGR WATER M, 40(1), 1999, pp. 117-122
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture/Agronomy
Journal title
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
ISSN journal
03783774 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
117 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-3774(199903)40:1<117:IWEIRP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
This paper describes the components of water use in rice-based production s ystems and identifies water used during land preparation, and seepage and p ercolation during crop growth as important sources of water 'loss' from the system. Strategies for increasing farm-level water-use efficiency are disc ussed, including the problems of up-scaling from on-farm to system-level wa ter savings. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.