Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research
The use of irrigation ponds has proved to be an efficient alternative for increasing the availability and quality of water resources for irrigation and contributing to the sustainability of agriculture. This article analyses the dynamics of worldwide research on this topic over the last two decades....
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| author | López Felices, Belén Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Velasco Muñóz, Juan Francisco Piquer Rodríguez, María |
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| description | The use of irrigation ponds has proved to be an efficient alternative for increasing the availability and quality of water resources for irrigation and contributing to the sustainability of agriculture. This article analyses the dynamics of worldwide research on this topic over the last two decades. To do this, a review including a qualitative systematic analysis and a quantitative bibliometric analysis was carried out on a sample of 951 articles. The results reveal that this line of research is becoming more relevant within agricultural research, particularly in recent years. The research in this topic has focused on the sustainable development of vulnerable regions, the contribution to the agronomic improvement of crops and farms, environmental impact assessment, the joint management of water resources, the restoration of groundwater bodies, and the use of rainfall. Gaps have been found in the literature with respect to the capacity of irrigation ponds to cover the irrigation needs in different agricultural contexts, the perceptions and attitudes of farmers towards the use of irrigation ponds, and the economic–financial feasibility of these systems. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-83052023-11-03T10:08:02Z Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research López Felices, Belén Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Velasco Muñóz, Juan Francisco Piquer Rodríguez, María irrigation ponds semi-arid climate water resources management rainwater harvesting groundwater recharge sustainable agriculture bibliometric analysis The use of irrigation ponds has proved to be an efficient alternative for increasing the availability and quality of water resources for irrigation and contributing to the sustainability of agriculture. This article analyses the dynamics of worldwide research on this topic over the last two decades. To do this, a review including a qualitative systematic analysis and a quantitative bibliometric analysis was carried out on a sample of 951 articles. The results reveal that this line of research is becoming more relevant within agricultural research, particularly in recent years. The research in this topic has focused on the sustainable development of vulnerable regions, the contribution to the agronomic improvement of crops and farms, environmental impact assessment, the joint management of water resources, the restoration of groundwater bodies, and the use of rainfall. Gaps have been found in the literature with respect to the capacity of irrigation ponds to cover the irrigation needs in different agricultural contexts, the perceptions and attitudes of farmers towards the use of irrigation ponds, and the economic–financial feasibility of these systems. 2020-07-06T09:40:14Z 2020-07-06T09:40:14Z 2020-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8305 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/13/5425 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | irrigation ponds semi-arid climate water resources management rainwater harvesting groundwater recharge sustainable agriculture bibliometric analysis López Felices, Belén Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Velasco Muñóz, Juan Francisco Piquer Rodríguez, María Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title | Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title_full | Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title_fullStr | Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title_short | Contribution of Irrigation Ponds to the Sustainability of Agriculture. A Review of Worldwide Research |
| title_sort | contribution of irrigation ponds to the sustainability of agriculture. a review of worldwide research |
| topic | irrigation ponds semi-arid climate water resources management rainwater harvesting groundwater recharge sustainable agriculture bibliometric analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8305 |
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