Although many of the environmental impacts of irrigation are negative, irrigation plays a critic role in providing food and fiber for our growing population. Forty percent of the world's food is grown on the 15%
The project inputs served to reduce environmental pollution while making positive impacts on health, particularly the health of the poorest and most vulnerable people who depend on surface water and groundwater as sources for drinking and irrigation of food crops. 该项目的投入有助于减少环境污染,同...
Environmental impacts at the cultivation stage depend on levels of irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer applications. At the textile manufacturing stage, impacts depend on energy infrastructure and manufacturing technologies. At the use phase, impacts depend on consumer habits related to buying, washing, ...
This study examines the influence of agricultural irrigation on heat stress and contrasts it against local impacts of urbanization in North American cities using regional climate model simulations. The results indicate that irrigation decreases air temperature and increases relative humidity, with daytime ur...
Humans use at least 54% of the Earth’s accessible water runoff, a figure that is likely to grow to 70% by 2025. By then, more than a third of the world’s population could suffer shortages of fresh water for drinking and irrigation. Groundwater aquifers in many of the world’s most...
of each alternative is assessed as well as the “do nothing” alternative. The report includes the potential short-term impacts such as those associated with the construction phase like noise and dust. Long-term includes air,water pollution, wildlife displacement, and overloading of infrastructure....
These chemicals ensure the production of adequate quantities of high quality pest-free crops, which is important for food supply, prevents human diseases transmitted by insect or rodent vectors, and positively impacts public health [6]. The best pesticide policies need to reconcile environmental ...
Mostafa Kareem, a member of the faculty for irrigation and hydraulic engineering at Cairo University, spoke highly of BRI projects in Egypt such as the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital and the Cairo light rail transit system. ...
Fig. 1: Specific methods and thought of shock-impact-response framework. The left panel shows the simulation of country-level change in food production and supply, the middle panel shows the estimated environmental impacts of type-specific food shortage, the right panel aims to optimize the food...
16. Precipitation and related factors (e.g., evaporation rates, presence of breeding habitat, irrigation, etc.) also play vital roles in MBD transmission dynamics by creating habitats necessary for the aquatic stages of mosquito development9, thereby impacting vector abundance and distribution17,18,...