POTENTIAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

摘要

Over the next 35 years (to 2050), there will continue to be significant progress in the way that American farmers and ranchers manage surface water and groundwater resources, in terms of both the quantity and the quality of the water that they use. Many factors will encourage (and often mandate) rigorous management of agricultural water, including, as examples: 1. Increased demand worldwide for food, particularly as poor countries become more affluent and water consumption for food increases (global agriculture consumes 92 percent of all freshwater used annually) (Perkins, 2012).