SYSTEMS HARMONY, FINDING A BETTER WAY: Meeting production and environmental challenges irrigation

摘要

At the ' SANCID Symposium in November 2008, Dr Keith Bristow, a principal research scientist at CSIRO, Land and Water in Australia, delivered a keynote address on the topic of "Irrigation - Challenges in Meeting Production and Environmental Objectives". The address v/os inspiring and certainly had many messages to take home on the challenges facing irrigation and water management. The importance of holism and the design of irrigation systems in harmony with natural environments was one of the many strong - and practical - points which resonated, (see figure 1 from a slide from Dr Bristow's presentation.) The interdependency of systems is an area of import Dr Bristow covered, certainly a key (or a series of keys!) to the myriad of challenges facing irrigation and water.