School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Strategies for Improving the Water Use Efficiency of Rice
Published 2005-10-20The cost of irrigation water accounts for 30-38% of the total variable costs of rice production in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys. Rice production consumes a substantial proportion of the available supply of irrigation ...Open AccessOther -
Modeling Irrigated Cropping systems with Special Attention to Rice Wheat Sequences and Rice Bed Planting
Published 2005-10-20The rice-wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) are of immense importance for food security for south Asia. Over the past 40 years the increase in rice and wheat production has kept pace with population ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Surface-Groundwater Iteraction Model of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (Development of the Hydrogeological Databases)
Published 2002-08-01This brief discussion paper documents key points arising from the Overseas Visit (24-28 June 2002) to the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Joint Research Unit – Innovation in Montpellier, France1. The ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
A GIS Approach to Quantify Impact of Flooding on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District - Final Draft
Published 2005-10-19Environmental degradation associated with shallow saline watertables is a major threat to the sustainability of agricultural industry throughout the Murray-Darling Basin. Located in the western part of the Murray Valley ...Open AccessOther -
Integration of 1401 Graduate Studies (Groundwater Management for Sustainable Farming Systems)
Published 2005-01-01This report presents the integration of research studies carried out by the graduate students at UTS and UNSW as part of the CRC for Sustainable Rice Production Graduate Studies Program. It evaluates the methodologies and ...Open AccessOther