Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research
Irrigated agriculture plays a fundamental role as a supplier of food and raw materials. However, it is also the world’s largest water user. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies analyzing agricultural irrigation from the perspective of sustainability with a focus on it...
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| author | Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Dolores Fidelibus, Maria |
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| description | Irrigated agriculture plays a fundamental role as a supplier of food and raw materials. However, it is also the world’s largest water user. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies analyzing agricultural irrigation from the perspective of sustainability with a focus on its environmental, economic, and social impacts. This study seeks to analyze the dynamics of global research in sustainable irrigation in agriculture between 1999 and 2018, including the main agents promoting it and the topics that have received the most attention. To do this, a review and a bibliometric analysis were carried out on a sample of 713 articles. The results show that sustainability is a line of study that is becoming increasingly more prominent within research in irrigation. The study also reveals the existence of substantial differences and preferred topics in the research undertaken by different countries. The priority issues addressed in the research were climatic change, environmental impact, and natural resources conservation; unconventional water resources; irrigation technology and innovation; and water use efficiency. Finally, the findings indicate a series of areas related to sustainable irrigation in agriculture in which research should be promoted. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-74632023-11-03T10:08:00Z Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Dolores Fidelibus, Maria sustainable irrigation bibliometric analysis climate change innovation and technology water use efficiency unconventional water resources Irrigated agriculture plays a fundamental role as a supplier of food and raw materials. However, it is also the world’s largest water user. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies analyzing agricultural irrigation from the perspective of sustainability with a focus on its environmental, economic, and social impacts. This study seeks to analyze the dynamics of global research in sustainable irrigation in agriculture between 1999 and 2018, including the main agents promoting it and the topics that have received the most attention. To do this, a review and a bibliometric analysis were carried out on a sample of 713 articles. The results show that sustainability is a line of study that is becoming increasingly more prominent within research in irrigation. The study also reveals the existence of substantial differences and preferred topics in the research undertaken by different countries. The priority issues addressed in the research were climatic change, environmental impact, and natural resources conservation; unconventional water resources; irrigation technology and innovation; and water use efficiency. Finally, the findings indicate a series of areas related to sustainable irrigation in agriculture in which research should be promoted. 2020-01-17T06:50:36Z 2020-01-17T06:50:36Z 2019-08-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2073-4441 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7463 en https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/9/1758 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | sustainable irrigation bibliometric analysis climate change innovation and technology water use efficiency unconventional water resources Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Dolores Fidelibus, Maria Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title | Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_full | Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_short | Sustainable Irrigation in Agriculture: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_sort | sustainable irrigation in agriculture: an analysis of global research |
| topic | sustainable irrigation bibliometric analysis climate change innovation and technology water use efficiency unconventional water resources |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7463 |
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