Performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water management

Performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water management—A review

Published:2024-01-10 Issue:2 Volume:38 Page:192-211
ISSN:1747-6585
Container-title:Water and Environment Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Water & Environment J

Author:

Ahmad Muhammad Tajuri¹^ORCID,Haie Naim²,Gonçalves José Manuel³,Pinho José⁴,Yen Haw⁵,Yakubu Mahadi Lawan¹,Mohammed Murtala Uba⁶,Suleimana Aiuba⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Civil Engineering Department Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil Kano Nigeria

2. CTAC, Universidade do Minho Guimarães Portugal

3. Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior Agrária, Coimbra & LEAF ‐ Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Institute of Agronomy University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal

4. Departamento de Engenharia Civil Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar Braga Portugal

5. Bayer CropScience, Environmental Safety North America St. Louis Missouri USA

6. Department of Geography Bayero University Kano Nigeria

7. Departamento de Engenharia Rural Universidade Lúrio Unango‐Niassa Mozambique

Abstract

AbstractThe complexity of irrigation systems and the need to adapt them to uncertainties requires developing approaches to synthesize their performances. This paper reviews performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water systems. It is aimed at finding various methods and indices used for irrigation performance assessment and standard classes for their characterization. The global application of the metrics was also documented. Adopting a systematic review approach, peer‐reviewed journal articles published in the English language in the last two decades (1 March 2001 to 31 December 2020) were surveyed. Case studies were presented demonstrating the application of the indicators. The study revealed a lack of standardization and the use of a wide range of indicators among others, and recommended representing certain indicators as single. However, this review considered one indicator as the best. Suggestions for further studies were made.

Funder

Tertiary Education Trust Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/wej.12913

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