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Opportunities for Reducing Water use in Agriculture (Defra Project WU0101)
A study of water use in UK agriculture designed to identify areas of research and knowledge transfer that will create opportunities for reducing consumption.
Year of Publication2007
A comprehensive review that examines current water use in UK agriculture; identifies geographical regions and agricultural sectors where reasearch and knowledge transfer may lead to significant reductions in use; reports on current and emerging technologies aimed at saving water in agriculture; reviews existing initiatives and case studies concerned with saving water in agriculture; prioritises areas of research.
This item is categorised as follows
- Subject Collection > Soils & water > Water resource management
- Subject Collection > Arable & industrial crops
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact
- Subject Collection > Horticulture
- Subject Collection > Livestock & dairy
Additional keywords/tags
vegetablessustainable farming and foodwater demandwater resourceswater qualitysustainable farmingfood sciencewater usehorticulturepotatoes
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