Climate-Determined Suitability of the Water Saving Technology "Alternate Wetting and Drying" in Rice Systems: A Scalable Methodology demonstrated for a Province in the Philippines

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 12; p. e0145268
• Main Authors: Nelson, Andrew, Wassmann, Reiner, Sander, Bjoern Ole, Palao, Leo Kris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 21.12.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agricultural research; Agriculture; Analysis; Climate; Climate change; Crop Production - methods; Crop yield; Crops; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; Dry season; Drying; Emissions; Environmental aspects; Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration rates; Feasibility studies; Food; Food security; Food supply; Freshwater resources; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Humans; Internet; Irrigation; Irrigation water; Methane emissions; Methods; Netherlands; Oryza - growth & development; Percolation; Philippines; Potential evapotranspiration; Rainfall; Rainy season; Reforestation; Rice; Seasonal variations; Seasons; Sensitivity analysis; Soil classification; Technology; Technology application; Water balance; Water conservation; Water shortages; Water Supply; Water use; Wetting; Philippines; Netherlands

70% of the world's freshwater is used for irrigated agriculture and demand is expected to increase to meet future food security requirements. In Asia, rice accounts for the largest proportion of irrigated water use and reducing or conserving water in rice systems has been a long standing goal i...