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An Integrated Tool For Water Policy In Agriculture, G. M. Bazzani Jul 2004

An Integrated Tool For Water Policy In Agriculture, G. M. Bazzani

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The definition of proper tools to support the implementation of Water Framework Directive(WFD) is an urgent task in the European Union (EU). Agriculture deserves special attention since in mostcountries water consumption is higher than in other sectors and pollution due to irrigated agricultural activityis often a serious problem, while social and cultural issues are relevant. The paper presents a program calledDSIRR designed to conduct an integrated analysis of water use in agriculture considering agronomic,hydraulic, economic and environmental aspects as well as complexity and uncertainty for decision making.The tool permits to analyze in great detail the relevant production systems existing in …