Water savings potentials of irrigation systems: global simulation of processes and linkages

Global agricultural production is heavily sustained by irrigation, but irrigation system efficiencies are often surprisingly low. However, our knowledge of irrigation efficiencies is mostly confined to rough indicative estimates for countries or regions that do not account for spatiotemporal heterog...

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Main Authors: J. Jägermeyr, D. Gerten, J. Heinke, S. Schaphoff, M. Kummu, W. Lucht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/3073/2015/hess-19-3073-2015.pdf