Sentences with phrase «water productivity»

Raising water productivity begins with agriculture, simply because 70 percent of all water use goes to irrigation.

Similarly, any measures that convert grain into animal protein more efficiently in effect increase water productivity.

Yet improving water productivity requires an array of economic, planning and regulatory approaches, they say.

A conceptual framework for the improvement of crop water productivity at different spatial scales.

Low water productivity is often the result of low water prices.

Thus, raising irrigation efficiency is central to raising water productivity overall.

Raising water productivity — Low water prices present in many countries give the illusion that water is abundant when it is in fact scarce, and encourages wasteful water use.

Off California, the combined effects of sluggish circulation in semi-isolated basins, continental margin depths within the oxygen minimum zone, and high surface water productivity all contribute to accumulation of laminated, organic - rich sediments in the Santa Barbara basin.

With water shortages constraining food production growth, the world needs an effort to raise water productivity similar to the one that nearly tripled land productivity over the last half - century.

For example, shifting to more water - efficient crops wherever possible boosts water productivity.

The methods for achieving greater water productivity, Grant and his colleagues suggest, are threefold: substituting higher - quality water with lower - quality water, regenerating higher - quality water from lower - quality water through treatment, and reducing the amount of high - quality water that is used to generate goods and services.

Agricultural water productivity could be improved in stressed basins where agriculture is commonly irrigated.

Given these acute demands for water and constraints on current — and likely future — availability, Grant said, «the real alternative, the really only alternative, is to improve what's called water productivity, which is essentially the amount of value services that are achieved with a given unit of water.»

Berkeley Lab received these competitive awards from ARPA - E's Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS) program, which seeks to develop crops that take carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in soil — enabling a 50 percent increase in carbon deposition depth and accumulation while also reducing nitrous oxide emissions by 50 percent and increasing water productivity by 25 percent.

Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on water productivity and antioxidant enzyme activities of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under water deficit stress.

It is commonly thought that the distribution of such carbon - rich sediments directly links to surface water productivity through settling of particles vertical through the water column.

Israel, even though it is a pioneer in raising irrigation water productivity, is depleting both of its principal aquifers — the coastal aquifer and the mountain aquifer that it shares with Palestinians.

Optimizing yield, water requirements, and water productivity of aerobic rice for the North China Plain.

The most straightforward — and likely the least controversial — method for improving water productivity that Grant and his co-authors suggest is expanding efforts at reducing freshwater consumption, such as replacing single - flush toilets with dual - flush toilets or installing high - efficiency shower heads and washing machines.

Eliminating water shortages depends on a global attempt to raise water productivity similar to the effort launched a half - century ago to raise land productivity, an initiative that has nearly tripled the world grain yield per hectare.

Shifting to more water - efficient crops and switching from flood irrigation to drip irrigation are two ways farmers can boost water productivity.

Growers have become skilled at increasing yield from a fixed amount of land, but now, Brown says we need policies that can «raise water productivity.»

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Promising examples include new concepts for stormwater drainage, increased water productivity, distributed or on - site treatment of wastewater, source separation of human waste, and institutional and organizational reforms.

Particular interest is on optimization of productivity under limiting field conditions including reduced water supply, salinity, reduced N fertilization, and differing techniques for improving yields and water productivity.

Water resources to support rainfed and irrigated agriculture also are limited, which means efficiency in converting water to food, water productivity (WP), is another key food security benchmark included in the Atlas.

Water productivity - The ratio of crop seed produced per unit water applied.

For rain - fed crops, water productivity is typically 1 metric ton (~ 2,205 pounds) per 100 millimeters (~ 4 inches).

Along with stabilizing climate, another key component to avoiding a breakdown in the food system is to raise water productivity.

On the supply side of the food equation, we face several challenges, including stabilizing climate, raising water productivity, and conserving soil.

«Improving water productivity and reducing the quantity of food that is wasted can enable us to provide a better diet for the poor and enough food for growing populations,» says Professor Jan Lundqvist of the Stockholm International Water Institute.

Many of the report's recommendations border on the obvious: improve water productivity, curb wasteful eating habits and optimize food production, to name just a few.

Brown says, «This means putting together an earth restoration budget — one to reforest the earth, restore fisheries, eliminate overgrazing, protect biological diversity, and raise water productivity to the point where we can stabilize water tables and restore the flow of rivers.

That said, there are many things that can be done in agriculture to raise land and water productivity.

Another way to raise both land and water productivity is to produce animal protein more efficiently.