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Agronomic analysis of WaPOR applications: Confirming conservative biomass water productivity in inherent and climatological variance of WaPOR data outputs

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  • Seijger, Chris
  • Chukalla, Abebe
  • Bremer, Karin
  • Borghuis, Gerlo
  • Christoforidou, Maria
  • Mul, Marloes
  • Hellegers, Petra
  • van Halsema, Gerardo

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Improvements in agricultural water productivity with constrained water resources are often regarded a prerequisite to meet food demands of a growing world population. The WaPOR data portal was launched to monitor biomass, evapotranspiration and biomass water productivity in Africa and the Near East using remote sensing technologies. The WaPOR database shows spatial pixel variation in biomass, suggesting scope to improve water productivity at field level.

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  • Seijger, Chris & Chukalla, Abebe & Bremer, Karin & Borghuis, Gerlo & Christoforidou, Maria & Mul, Marloes & Hellegers, Petra & van Halsema, Gerardo, 2023. "Agronomic analysis of WaPOR applications: Confirming conservative biomass water productivity in inherent and climatological variance of WaPOR data outputs," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:211:y:2023:i:c:s0308521x23001178
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103712
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