Essays about: "Crop Water Requirements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Crop Water Requirements.

1. 1. Managing Risk in Water Reuse: Policy Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Lindsay Emily Van Beck; [2022]
   Keywords : Water reuse; risk management; water scarcity; agriculture; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Water scarcity is an increasingly prevalent problem, with changing hydrological regimes due to climate change and human development taxing freshwater systems. One way to tackle this issue is through planned water reuse. READ MORE

3. 2. Tillskottsbevattning i vårsäd : effekter på markvattenbalans och skörd

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Åsa Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : bevattning; markvattenmagasin; markvattenhaltsmätningar; anpassad evapotranspiration; stressfaktor; vattenhushållning;

   Abstract : Vattenbrist är den vanligaste skördebegränsande faktorn i världen och kommer sannolikt, både i Sverige och globalt öka i takt med klimatförändringarna. Samtidigt har Sverige förbundit sig till Agenda 2030 och en effektiv vattenanvändning. READ MORE

4. 3. Evaluation of water stress mapping methods in vineyards using airborne thermal imaging

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Alon Zuta; [2020]
   Keywords : Geography; Geographical information systems; GIS; Remote sensing; Cover crop; Thermal imaging; Spatial variability; vineyards; interpolation; water stress index; CWSI; Ig; stem water potential; UAV; Rheingau; Interpolation.; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : With low cost and high efficiency, use of airborne infrared thermography imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has become a widely used technique to measure plant water stress. With that, the use of UAV mounted thermal camera as a precision agriculture technique to map crop water stress is not trivial and its success is depended on variety of factors which are still needed to be studied and understood. READ MORE

5. 4. Water management for agriculture under a changing climate: case study of Nyagatare watershed in Rwanda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Madeleine Green; [2019]
   Keywords : climate change; hydrological model; SWAT; CROPWAT; Nyagatare; Rwanda; marshland; watershed; climate model; irrigation; rice crop;

   Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is today facing a big challenge regarding food deficiency and water scarcity due to climate change. One of these countries is Rwanda, a small landlocked country in the middle of Africa. Rwanda strongly depend on agriculture, both in the aspect of reducing poverty and hunger but also because their economy security depend on it. READ MORE

6. 5. Design of an Autonomous Weeding Vehicle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

   Author : Simon Axbom; Lisa Ralsgård; [2019]
   Keywords : Mechanical Engineering; Product Development; Agricultural Robotics; Weeding; Lightweight Vehicle; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis describes the development of an autonomous weeding vehicle for the agricultural industry. It has been done as a project at RMIT University in Melbourne and the aim was to develop a design for the vehicle which could later be used to develop a commercial product. READ MORE