Session: Symposium--Soil and Water Management for Irrigation Efficiency and Soil Sustainability in Connection with USDA-ARS & USDA-NIFA Project, Titled Sustaining Agriculture through Adaptive Management to Preserve the Ogallala Aquifer Under a Changing Climate.
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Division: ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems

Title: Symposium--Soil and Water Management for Irrigation Efficiency and Soil Sustainability in Connection with USDA-ARS & USDA-NIFA Project, Titled Sustaining Agriculture through Adaptive Management to Preserve the Ogallala Aquifer Under a Changing Climate.

Community Leader: Maysoon M. Mikha
Lead Community Sponsor: Soil and Water Management Professionals Community
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Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: Irrigation Practices , Soil Erosion , Soil Sustainability and limited/Deficit Irrigation Practices

Session Description: This symposium will emphasize on crop land irrigation practices necessary for sustainability to optimize water and land resources. Irrigation for food production is key to meeting world population growth. However, as water declines in aquifer systems or transfers to municipalities limit water availability, limited/deficit irrigation practices will be necessary for sustainability to optimize water and land resources. Soil erosion may also occur using a sprinkler irrigation as the rate of water application exceeds the soil infiltration rate or with furrow irrigation on the land with slope greater than 1%.