title: More 'crop per drop': constraints and opportunities for precision irrigation in European agriculture.
abstract: Dwindling water supplies, increasing drought frequency and uncertainties associated with a changing climate mean Europe's irrigated agriculture sector needs to improve water efficiency and produce more 'crop per drop'. This paper summarizes the drivers for change, and the constraints and opportunities for improving agricultural water management through uptake of precision irrigation technologies. A multi-disciplinary and integrated approach involving irrigation engineers, soil scientists, agronomists and plant physiologists will be needed if the potential for precision irrigation within the field crop sector is to be realized.
authors: Harper Adams University, Newport, TF10 8NB, UK. jmmonaghan@harper-adams.ac.uk
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Monaghan
authors: Andre
authors: A
authors: Daccache
authors: Laura H
authors: LH
authors: Vickers
authors: Tim M
authors: TM
authors: Hess
authors: E Keith
authors: EK
authors: Weatherhead
authors: Ivan G
authors: IG
authors: Grove
authors: Jerry W
authors: JW
authors: Knox
mesh_terms: D057914:Agricultural Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D057231:Climate Change; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005060:Europe