Simulating agricultural water management strategies using an integrated surface subsurface hydrological model under future climatic extremes

“Farmers face increasingly more uncertainty with regards to crop production of due to a changing climate. Temperature and precipitation patterns change, with prolonged periods of heats and droughts. This affects the crop growth season in terms of overall duration and increases the uncertainty of the crop growth conditions. Especially crop water availability is of importance to generate a good yield. Various management strategies can help to manage the water availability, such as drainage, irrigation infrastructures or a combination of both. Within the EU FARMWISE project, various water management strategies are evaluated that could help farmers mitigate future extreme weather conditions. The goal is to determine how various irrigation strategies perform under future climatic conditions.”

(Citation: de Bruin, J., van der Ploeg, M., Rakonjac, N., Bartholomeus, R., de Wit, J., and Mustafa, S.: Simulating agricultural water management strategies using an integrated surface subsurface hydrological model under future climatic extremes, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-19624, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-19624, 2026)

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