Novel Climate Smart Water and Nutrient Conservation Technologies for Optimizing Productivity of Marginal Coarse-Textured Soils

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dc.contributor.authorOlupot, Giregon
dc.contributor.authorSmucker, A. J. M.
dc.contributor.authorKalyango, S.
dc.contributor.authorOpolot, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorOrum, Boniface
dc.contributor.authorMusinguzi, Patrick,
dc.contributor.authorTwaha, A. B.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, B. R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-11T16:57:17Z
dc.date.available2023-04-11T16:57:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractWater and nutrients are the two most limiting factors to productivity especially under rain-fed agriculture (RFA) in moist, semi-arid and arid regions. The dramatic doubling in yields and production from the 1960s to the 1990s, were through rapid expansion into irrigated prime land (FAO 1986; Higgins et al. 1988; Fischer et al. 2010; FAO 2011a). The prospects of further expanding agriculture into uncultivated lands and, into lakes, rivers, swamps and marshes (as alternative sources of water) are bleak. Withdrawal and consumption of these resources have already surpassed the Earth’s supply and regeneration capacity (Fischer et al. 2010). Higgins et al. (1988) estimated water requirements for food intake (in cereal equivalents) of 300 kg cap−1 yr−1 at 600 to 3,000 m3 cap−1 yr−1 (1 m3 = 1,000 L). Out of the Earth’s renewable water resources totaling 42,000 km3 annually, 3,900 km−3 is already being abstracted from rivers and aquifers distributed as 70% (2,730 km3) irrigation, 19% (741 km3) industrial and 11% (429 km3) municipal uses (Fischer et al. 2010; FAO 2011a). Water withdrawals exceeding 20% exert substantial pressure on renewable freshwater resources and those exceeding 40% are considered critical (Fischer et al. 2010; FAO 2011a). Withdrawals in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia already exceed critical thresholds with demand outstripping supply, posing serious threats to ecological functions of the water resources (FAO 2011a; Fischer et al. 2010). China, India, USA, Russia, Germany and Pakistan dominate irrigated area globally (Higgins et al. 1988; Fischer et al. 2010; FAO 2011a).en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlupot, G., Smucker, A. J. M., Kalyango, S., Opolot, E., Boniface, O., Patrick, M., ... & Singh, B. R. (2021). Novel Climate Smart Water and Nutrient Conservation Technologies for Optimizing Productivity of Marginal Coarse-Textured Soils. In Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning (pp. 201-215). Cham: Springer International Publishing. Cham: Springer International Publishingen_US
dc.identifier.uriCham: Springer International Publishing
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8438
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCham: Springer International Publishingen_US
dc.subjectNovel Climate Smart Wateren_US
dc.subjectNutrient Conservation Technologiesen_US
dc.subjectMarginal Coarse-Textured Soilsen_US
dc.titleNovel Climate Smart Water and Nutrient Conservation Technologies for Optimizing Productivity of Marginal Coarse-Textured Soilsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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