Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research
Within a context of scarce water resources for agriculture, rainwater harvesting constitutes a promising alternative that has been studied by different disciplines in recent years. This article analyses the dynamics of global research on rainwater harvesting for agricultural irrigation over the last...
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| author | Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Fidelibus, Maria Dolores |
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| description | Within a context of scarce water resources for agriculture, rainwater harvesting constitutes a promising alternative that has been studied by different disciplines in recent years. This article analyses the dynamics of global research on rainwater harvesting for agricultural irrigation over the last two decades. To do this, qualitative systematic analysis and quantitative bibliometric analysis have been carried out. The results reveal that this line of research is becoming increasingly important within research on irrigation. Environmental sciences and agricultural and biological sciences are the most relevant subject areas. Agricultural Water Management, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, and Irrigation and Drainage are the journals that have published the most articles on the subject. India, China, the United States (USA), South Africa, and the Netherlands are the countries that lead this line of research. Although significant progress has been made in this subject area, it is necessary to increase the number of studies on the capacity of rainwater harvesting systems to cover irrigation needs in different farming contexts, the factors that determine their adoption by farmers, the economic and financial feasibility of their implementation, and their contribution to mitigating global climate change. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-75142023-11-03T13:45:05Z Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Fidelibus, Maria Dolores rainwater harvesting irrigation sustainability unconventional water resources Within a context of scarce water resources for agriculture, rainwater harvesting constitutes a promising alternative that has been studied by different disciplines in recent years. This article analyses the dynamics of global research on rainwater harvesting for agricultural irrigation over the last two decades. To do this, qualitative systematic analysis and quantitative bibliometric analysis have been carried out. The results reveal that this line of research is becoming increasingly important within research on irrigation. Environmental sciences and agricultural and biological sciences are the most relevant subject areas. Agricultural Water Management, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, and Irrigation and Drainage are the journals that have published the most articles on the subject. India, China, the United States (USA), South Africa, and the Netherlands are the countries that lead this line of research. Although significant progress has been made in this subject area, it is necessary to increase the number of studies on the capacity of rainwater harvesting systems to cover irrigation needs in different farming contexts, the factors that determine their adoption by farmers, the economic and financial feasibility of their implementation, and their contribution to mitigating global climate change. 2020-01-17T08:51:52Z 2020-01-17T08:51:52Z 2019-06-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2073-4441 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7514 en https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/7/1320 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | rainwater harvesting irrigation sustainability unconventional water resources Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Batlles de la Fuente, Ana Fidelibus, Maria Dolores Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title | Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_full | Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_fullStr | Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_short | Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research |
| title_sort | rainwater harvesting for agricultural irrigation: an analysis of global research |
| topic | rainwater harvesting irrigation sustainability unconventional water resources |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7514 |
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