{"title":"Feasibility of utilizing recycled drainage water in agriculture using an analytical network process (ANP) and geographic information system (GIS)","authors":"Parvin Zolfaghary, Mahdi ZakeriNia, Hossein Kazemi","doi":"10.1002/ird.2925","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Utilizing unconventional water for sustainable agriculture is a multi-criteria process. Decision-making in such problems is based on finding the value of various criteria using advanced methods, for example the analytic network process (ANP). ANP is usually preferred in cases where the criteria are not independent and have intra-/intergroup relationships. Considering techno-economic and environmental criteria, the ANP structure was used in this study to investigate the feasibility of utilizing Chapaghli drainage water in western Golestan Province, Iran, for cultivating tolerant and semi-tolerant crops, including canola, barley, cotton and wheat, using GIS software. Irrigation water availability, techno-economic distance and land suitability for cultivation were selected as techno-economic criteria, while irrigation water quality, soil, plant sensitivity and aquifer vulnerability were selected as environmental criteria. The results show that canola is the best crop for cultivation with Chapaghli drainage water. This study provides a reliable decision-making infrastructure related to the recycling of drainage water for various cultivars in an area where environmental hazards are minimized.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 3","pages":"1212-1224"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Irrigation and Drainage","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ird.2925","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AGRONOMY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Utilizing unconventional water for sustainable agriculture is a multi-criteria process. Decision-making in such problems is based on finding the value of various criteria using advanced methods, for example the analytic network process (ANP). ANP is usually preferred in cases where the criteria are not independent and have intra-/intergroup relationships. Considering techno-economic and environmental criteria, the ANP structure was used in this study to investigate the feasibility of utilizing Chapaghli drainage water in western Golestan Province, Iran, for cultivating tolerant and semi-tolerant crops, including canola, barley, cotton and wheat, using GIS software. Irrigation water availability, techno-economic distance and land suitability for cultivation were selected as techno-economic criteria, while irrigation water quality, soil, plant sensitivity and aquifer vulnerability were selected as environmental criteria. The results show that canola is the best crop for cultivation with Chapaghli drainage water. This study provides a reliable decision-making infrastructure related to the recycling of drainage water for various cultivars in an area where environmental hazards are minimized.
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Human intervention in the control of water for sustainable agricultural development involves the application of technology and management approaches to: (i) provide the appropriate quantities of water when it is needed by the crops, (ii) prevent salinisation and water-logging of the root zone, (iii) protect land from flooding, and (iv) maximise the beneficial use of water by appropriate allocation, conservation and reuse. All this has to be achieved within a framework of economic, social and environmental constraints. The Journal, therefore, covers a wide range of subjects, advancement in which, through high quality papers in the Journal, will make a significant contribution to the enormous task of satisfying the needs of the world’s ever-increasing population. The Journal also publishes book reviews.