Economic, environmental, and social sustainability of Alternate Wetting and Drying irrigation for rice in northern Italy

Italy is Europe's leading rice producer, with over half of total production almost totally concentrated in the north-western part of the Padana plain. In this area, rice irrigation has traditionally been carried out by wet seeding and continuous flooding. The replacement of this technique with...

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Main Authors: Olfa Gharsallah, Michele Rienzner, Alice Mayer, Darya Tkachenko, Stefano Corsi, Rina Vuciterna, Marco Romani, Andrea Ricciardelli, Elisa Cadei, Marco Trevisan, Lucrezia Lamastra, Alice Tediosi, Diego Voccia, Arianna Facchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Water
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2023.1213047/full