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Valuing ecosystem services from climate-smart irrigation practices

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Climate-smart irrigation offers a pathway to improve agricultural productivity, water-use efficiency and resilience while strengthening ecosystem services. Precision and micro-irrigation, IoT-based scheduling, alternate wetting and drying, deficit irrigation, rainwater harvesting and water reuse reduce water consumption, energy use, nutrient losses and greenhouse gas emissions. Water footprint assessment provides the key indicators for evaluating these benefits, while the TEEB framework supports their recognition, demonstration and economic valuation, guiding sustainable irrigation investment, policy and climate-resilient water management.

Source: Indian Farming

Authors: Arif, Mohd., Meena, A.L., Prakash, Ved, Nalawade, Rohit D., Kumar, Kamlesh

Institutions: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research

Language: English

Topic: Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7225435826

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