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2007 - 180 p.

Indicators to support developing a new paradigma for irrigated agriculture

Pereira L.S.

Water saving is part of a wide process of adaptation of irrigated agriculture to a new era, where pressures from the society on an improved use of the water make evident several paradoxes. These refer to pressures for decreasing water consumption, paying the full costs of water, improving irrigation efficiency and maximizing water productivity. The ideas behind are essentially correct but they need a serious adaptation to local, real conditions, otherwise they consist in paradoxes as illustrated in the paper. To overcome these problems there is a need to develop and adopt new concepts and consequently new indicators relative to water use performances and to water productivity that support the development of appropriate strategies leading to a more efficient use of water in agriculture and to improved social and economic conditions of farmers. A set of these indicators is discussed in this paper, aiming at developing a new paradigm for irrigated agriculture.

Mots-clés    

CONSERVATION DE L'EAU, EFFICACITE D'UTILISATION, IRRIGATION, PRODUCTIVITE, UTILISATION DE L'EAU, VALEUR ECONOMIQUE

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Pereira L.S. Indicators to support developing a new paradigma for irrigated agriculture. In : Karam F. (ed.), Karaa K. (ed.), Lamaddalena N. (ed.), Bogliotti C. (ed.). Harmonization and integration of water saving options. Convention and promotion of water saving policies and guidelines. Bari : CIHEAM / EU DG Research, 2007. p. 19-35. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série B. Etudes et Recherches; n. 59). 5. WASAMED (WAter SAving in MEDiterranean agriculture) Workshop, 2006/05/03-07, Malta (Malta). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/b59/00800704.pdf