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Gush, Mark B
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Le Maitre, David C
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Dzikiti, Sebinasi
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2016-03-04T11:02:29Z |
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2016-03-04T11:02:29Z |
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2015-10 |
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Gush, M.B., le Maitre, D.C. and Dzikiti, S. 2015. More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling. The 5th CSIR conference, Ideas that work, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa, 8- 9 October 2015 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8436
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The 5th CSIR conference, Ideas that work, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa, 8- 9 October 2015 |
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South Africa is a dry country facing climate change, population expansion and economic growth, resulting in increasing water scarcity and competition for water. The irrigated agriculture and forestry sectors have been allocated approximately two thirds of the surface water resources of the country. Dependence on irrigation for the production of key crops such as vegetables and fruit is high, due to low, erratic or unreliable rainfall in many parts of the country, combined with the high value (export potential) of those crops. However, there is essentially no more water available to allocate to irrigation. Consequently, the only option is to improve knowledge on crop water requirements and associated irrigation scheduling, thereby enhancing water productivity and producing more ‘crop per drop’. Furthermore, while plantation forestry in South Africa is critical for timber and fibre production, income generation and job provision, these come at an environmental cost, notably the impact on water resources. The ongoing spread of invasive alien plant species also reduces water availability in the country. Gush provides a technical perspective on quantifying the water use of different agricultural and forest land covers. The potential impact and applications of this information are discussed from a water resources management perspective. |
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CSIR |
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Workflow;00000 |
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Alien plants |
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Crop water |
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More crop per drop |
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Streamflow |
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Water use |
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More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling |
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Conference Presentation |
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Gush, M. B., Le Maitre, D. C., & Dzikiti, S. (2015). More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8436 |
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Gush, Mark B, David C Le Maitre, and Sebinasi Dzikiti. "More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8436 |
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Gush MB, Le Maitre DC, Dzikiti S, More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling; CSIR; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8436 . |
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TY - Conference Presentation
AU - Gush, Mark B
AU - Le Maitre, David C
AU - Dzikiti, Sebinasi
AB - South Africa is a dry country facing climate change, population expansion and economic growth, resulting in increasing water scarcity and competition for water. The irrigated agriculture and forestry sectors have been allocated approximately two thirds of the surface water resources of the country. Dependence on irrigation for the production of key crops such as vegetables and fruit is high, due to low, erratic or unreliable rainfall in many parts of the country, combined with the high value (export potential) of those crops. However, there is essentially no more water available to allocate to irrigation. Consequently, the only option is to improve knowledge on crop water requirements and associated irrigation scheduling, thereby enhancing water productivity and producing more ‘crop per drop’. Furthermore, while plantation forestry in South Africa is critical for timber and fibre production, income generation and job provision, these come at an environmental cost, notably the impact on water resources. The ongoing spread of invasive alien plant species also reduces water availability in the country. Gush provides a technical perspective on quantifying the water use of different agricultural and forest land covers. The potential impact and applications of this information are discussed from a water resources management perspective.
DA - 2015-10
DB - ResearchSpace
DP - CSIR
KW - Alien plants
KW - Crop water
KW - More crop per drop
KW - Streamflow
KW - Water use
LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za
PY - 2015
T1 - More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling
TI - More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8436
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