Towards an operational irrigation management system for Sweden with a water–food–energy nexus perspective

Campana, Pietro Elia; Lastanao, P.; Zainali, Sebastian; Zhang, J.; Landelius, Tomas; Melton, F. S.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107734

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“…Nexus studies can be carried out at different scales, from the farm level, urban, tourism, industry, forest, river basin, hotel, household, to country scale. In the agricultural sector, the nexus approach can be applied with different aims, such as for irrigation management [32,33], for comparing different fertilization systems in terms of economic and environmental sustainability [34,35], for climate change adaptation by comparing different climate change scenarios [36], and for providing a new guideline for drought management [37][38][39][40]. At the urban scale, it was applied with the aim of obtaining sustainable aquaponic production [41,42] by comparing different wastewater treatment scenarios in terms of resource use efficiency [27,[43][44][45][46], increasing a sustainable smart environment for cities [47].…”

Section: Overview Of Different Nexus Approaches In the European Count...mentioning

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The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in European Countries: A Review and Future Perspectives

Kalvani

Celico

2023

Sustainability

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The interaction between water, energy, and food as the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has drawn much attention recently to solve upcoming uncertainty in food security. The aim of this study is to investigate the status of the WEF nexus in European countries. It is indicated that the largest nexus studies (among 27 European countries) have been conducted in Spain and Italy. It is confirmed that there is a large number of nexus studies in water-stressed countries while there are few studies on water-abundant countries (Slovakia and Luxembourg). Based on existing research, the majority of nexus studies focused on energy production. It is highlighted that most of the nexus studies were focused on water quantity aspects (rarely related to quality aspects) and energy; however, other resources including land, climate, ecosystem, soil, and environment received little attention. The migration of people as a result of climate change in the WEF nexus is not considered. Moreover, there is a lack of common and standard frameworks for nexus assessment. Therefore, we suggest a standard approach for nexus studies and produce a cross-sectoral and holistic approach for the evaluation of a water (quantity and quality)–energy–food–land–climate (WqEFLC) nexus that takes into consideration the circular economy.

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Section: Overview Of Different Nexus Approaches In the European Count...mentioning

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The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in European Countries: A Review and Future Perspectives

Kalvani

Celico

2023

Sustainability

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“…At present and even more so in the near future, irrigated crops can be grown under conditions of reduced water availability (Canaj et al, 2021;Pardo et al, 2022). Insufficient water resources will, therefore, be the norm rather than the exception and the emphasis of irrigation technology will shift from increasing productivity per unit area to maximizing water productivity (Ungureanu et al, 2020;Campana et al, 2022).…”

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Exploring innovation adoption behavior for sustainable development of Mediterranean tree crops

Timpanaro

Pecorino

Chinnici

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionThe combination of knowledge, personal skills and company resources influences, all things being equal, such as the availability of new technologies, market conditions and other factors external to the company, farmers in their innovation choices. This study is an attempt to understand which psychological constructs influence the decision-making process of farmers specialized in typical Mediterranean crops with regard to innovation. Previous studies on the adoption of agricultural innovations have often considered socio economic characteristics and ignored the underlying motivational factors that influence the behavioral intention of farmers.MethodsThis study adopted three socio-psychological constructs, Attitude (ATT), Subjective Norm (SN), and Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC), derived from the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and proposed three new constructs, Perceived Innovations Characteristics (PIC), Benefits (B), and Transferability (T), thus using an Extended Model of the Theory of Planned Behavior.ResultsThe outcome of the multiple regression revealed that farmers' intention (I) to adopt sustainable irrigation innovations is positively influenced by attitude (ATT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived innovation characteristics (PIC). This last construct had mediating effects on the indirect relationships between PBC, benefits (B), transferability (T), and intention (I).DiscussionThe results provide numerous insights, useful both for outlining the demand for innovation and for calibrating future policies aimed at the primary sector, especially on the sustainable management of irrigation resources. In particular, the analyses carried out highlight the importance of factors external to the company as key levers in shaping the demand for innovations.

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“…This is triangle and its sides (water, food, and energy) that is essential for our life as essential resources for human society (Zhang et al 2019). So, any management of water and farm irrigation management will reflect in increasing crop production, water-use efficiency and profits (Campana et al 2022). Several studies reported on this nexus and its potential from different points of views as presented in Table 2.…”

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“…Study on operational irrigation management system in Sweden with a focus on the water-foodenergy nexus Campana et al (2022) Study the food-energy-water nexus through investigate irrigation expansion in Guatemala to support development goals with focus on climate change and its impacts on spatial and temporal distribution of irrigation water availability Wade et al (2022) This study focused on the optimization multi-objective model based on water-food-energy nexus for irrigated agricultural sustainable development as a novel robust solution method for handling multiple uncertainties Guo et al (2022) Assessment and management of composite risk in irrigated agriculture under water-food-energy nexus and uncertainty Zhang et al (2022) Analyzing the water-energy-environment nexus of irrigated wheat and maize production in Albania through calculation of specific energy, energy use efficiency, energy productivity, net energy gain, and footprint indicators Canaj and Mehmeti (2022) Using the model of WEAP-MODFLOW as a quantitative analysis framework for water-foodenergy nexus in an agricultural watershed under different scenarios such as water-saving irrigation and drought et al 2022), and on Nano-Farming of Vegetables (Fawzy et al 2022). This is a call for more publications on smart irrigation or smart agriculture especially using the photographic reviews or minireviews.…”

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Is the Smart Irrigation the Right Strategy under the Global Water Crisis? A Call for Photographical and Drawn Articles

Abdalla

El-Sawy²,

El-Bassiony³

et al. 2022

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ATER is the main limiting factor of our life and any human activity. In all our life activities including agriculture and industry, water has a vital role in these previous sectors. This reflects the importance of water especially under many global challenges (mainly climate changes, global explosion of population, soil degradation, desertification and hunger). The using of water in irrigation is a very common practice in agriculture because no agriculture without water. The management of irrigation water has become one of the urgent needs nowadays under the terrible progress of bioinformatic technology. The smart irrigation is considered one of the most common applications in smart or precision agriculture. The main components of smart irrigation system may include soil, weather and plant sensors such as soil moisture sensor controllers, evapotranspiration controllers, and rain sensors. This work is an attempt to answer one question about smart irrigation whether it is an important strategy to overcome the global water crisis or not. This is also a call by Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security (EBSS) for receiving articles on smart irrigation, different applications of smart irrigation in smart agriculture, their challenges, their obstacles and the novel solutions in this concern. This topic has several open questions needs to be answered. The use of the Internet of Things is one of the important solutions for smart monitoring and control of the irrigation process.

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Towards an operational irrigation management system for Sweden with a water–food–energy nexus perspective

Cited by 15 publications

References 53 publications

The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in European Countries: A Review and Future Perspectives

The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in European Countries: A Review and Future Perspectives

Exploring innovation adoption behavior for sustainable development of Mediterranean tree crops

Is the Smart Irrigation the Right Strategy under the Global Water Crisis? A Call for Photographical and Drawn Articles

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