Irrigation-induced erosion

Sojka, R.E. and Bjorneberg, D.L. and Strelkoff, T. (2007) Irrigation-induced erosion. In: Agronomy Monograph, No. 30. pp. 237-275. American Society of Agronomy.

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Abstract

Irrigation-induced erosion is one of the most serious sustainability issues in
agriculture, impacting not only the future strategic and commercial viability of irrigation
agriculture, but also the survival and comfort of earth's human population.
Preventing irrigation-induced erosion to maintain the high crop yield and quality
advantages of irrigated agriculture is also a key to the preservation of natural
ecosystems. This is because replacement of irrigated production requires two to
three times the equivalent rainfed production area to match any lost irrigated production
(Sojka, 1998).

Item Type:	Book Section
NWISRL Publication Number:	1211
Subjects:	Irrigation > Furrow irrigation > Erosion Soil > Erosion Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
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Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:54
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2016 15:05
Item ID:	739
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/739