Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices

Technological development and climate change dictate farming practices, which can directly affect irrigation water requirement and supply. In this article, the water supply reliability (WSR) of 62 major Korean agricultural reservoirs was comprehensively evaluated for varying climate and farming prac...

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Autores principales: Gun-Ho Cho, Mirza Junaid Ahmad, Kyung-Sook Choi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:48448afc6d124f75ba5779ad4e8910982021-11-11T19:53:42ZWater Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices10.3390/w132129882073-4441https://doaj.org/article/48448afc6d124f75ba5779ad4e8910982021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/21/2988https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441Technological development and climate change dictate farming practices, which can directly affect irrigation water requirement and supply. In this article, the water supply reliability (WSR) of 62 major Korean agricultural reservoirs was comprehensively evaluated for varying climate and farming practices. Field surveys identified the recent divergence from standard rice farming practices and a 45-year daily weather data set (1973–2017) was examined to understand the phenomenon of climate change. Effective rainfall increments mitigated the imminent surges in rice irrigation water requirements driven by warming-led accelerated crop evapotranspiration rates; therefore, climate change marginally influenced the WSR of selected reservoirs. The transplanting period and associated water consumption were the primary deviations from standard rice farming practices. A significantly prolonged transplanting period seriously compromised the WSR of agricultural reservoirs and the maximum number of unsafe reservoirs was detected for a 24-day increase in the transplanting period. A watershed/irrigated area ratio of less than 2.5 was the lower threshold below which all the reservoirs had unsafe WSR regardless of the climate change and/or farming practices. Recent variations in farming practices were the primary cause of reservoir failure in maintaining the WSR.Gun-Ho ChoMirza Junaid AhmadKyung-Sook ChoiMDPI AGarticleclimate changerice farming practicesirrigation water requirementwater supply reliabilityagricultural reservoirsHydraulic engineeringTC1-978Water supply for domestic and industrial purposesTD201-500ENWater, Vol 13, Iss 2988, p 2988 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic climate change
rice farming practices
irrigation water requirement
water supply reliability
agricultural reservoirs
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
spellingShingle climate change
rice farming practices
irrigation water requirement
water supply reliability
agricultural reservoirs
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
Gun-Ho Cho
Mirza Junaid Ahmad
Kyung-Sook Choi
Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
description Technological development and climate change dictate farming practices, which can directly affect irrigation water requirement and supply. In this article, the water supply reliability (WSR) of 62 major Korean agricultural reservoirs was comprehensively evaluated for varying climate and farming practices. Field surveys identified the recent divergence from standard rice farming practices and a 45-year daily weather data set (1973–2017) was examined to understand the phenomenon of climate change. Effective rainfall increments mitigated the imminent surges in rice irrigation water requirements driven by warming-led accelerated crop evapotranspiration rates; therefore, climate change marginally influenced the WSR of selected reservoirs. The transplanting period and associated water consumption were the primary deviations from standard rice farming practices. A significantly prolonged transplanting period seriously compromised the WSR of agricultural reservoirs and the maximum number of unsafe reservoirs was detected for a 24-day increase in the transplanting period. A watershed/irrigated area ratio of less than 2.5 was the lower threshold below which all the reservoirs had unsafe WSR regardless of the climate change and/or farming practices. Recent variations in farming practices were the primary cause of reservoir failure in maintaining the WSR.
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Mirza Junaid Ahmad
Kyung-Sook Choi
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Kyung-Sook Choi
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title Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
title_short Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
title_full Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
title_fullStr Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
title_full_unstemmed Water Supply Reliability of Agricultural Reservoirs under Varying Climate and Rice Farming Practices
title_sort water supply reliability of agricultural reservoirs under varying climate and rice farming practices
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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