Assessment of the agricultural water use in Jericho governorate using sefficiency
| العنوان: | Assessment of the agricultural water use in Jericho governorate using sefficiency |
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| المؤلفون: | Nasser A. S. Tuqan, Muhammad Ahmad, Naim Haie |
| المساهمون: | Universidade do Minho |
| المصدر: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 9 Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 3634, p 3634 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Resource (biology), water use efficiency, 0208 environmental biotechnology, Geography, Planning and Development, TJ807-830, Aquifer, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, TD194-195, 01 natural sciences, Renewable energy sources, Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil, Farm water, GE1-350, Precipitation, Water-use efficiency, Irrigation management, water crisis in Palestine, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 2. Zero hunger, public participation, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Science & Technology, Environmental effects of industries and plants, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 15. Life on land, 6. Clean water, 020801 environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, irrigation management, Eastern Aquifer Basin, 13. Climate action, Sefficiency, Engenharia Civil [Engenharia e Tecnologia], Environmental science, Water resource management, Water use, Groundwater |
| الوصف: | Addressing water use efficiency in the Middle East is challenging due to the geopolitical complexity, climatic conditions and a variety of managerial issues. Groundwater is the dominant water resource for Palestinians, while aquifers are shared with their neighbours. We assessed in this study the efficiency of the agricultural water use in Jericho, which we defined as the Water Use System (WUS), and its impact on the main source, the Eastern Aquifer Basin (EAB), using the Sustainable Efficiency (Sefficiency) method. The assessment considered the objectives’ difference between the farmers in the region and the water managers. As Sefficiency requires, the analysis also considered in addition to the quantities of the different water path types within our WUS, their quality and beneficial weights. The results highlighted efficiency improvement potentials, a substantial number of unreported abstractions and an impact of the use of chemical substances on the main source. In addition, through hypothesizing four scenarios, we demonstrated that: 1. Improving the quality of returns has a great positive impact. 2. Increasing water abstractions is not beneficial if it is not linked to an increase in yield production. 3. Precipitation rates can influence water use efficiency. 4. More careful treatment of the unwanted plants and a selection of high socio-economic value crops would enhance Sefficiency. The authors thank the Territory, Environment and Construction Center (CTAC) at theUniversity of Minho for the logistic support. Special thanks to the farmers who participated in the surveyand for the management of the Palestinian Water Authority for their unlimited support in providing materialsand interviews |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::440e9d0350ed4859c2e9f1095e7305f5 https://hdl.handle.net/1822/65372 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....440e9d0350ed4859c2e9f1095e7305f5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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