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In Iran, the average annual precipitation is approximately 240 mm. However, it is temporally and spatially uneven distributed, therefore it does not optimally match the crops growing season’s duration. Hence, water shortages are frequent, especially during the crop growing seasons. Iran, subjected to frequent droughts and water shortages, the water productivity of the agricultural sector must be improved by the management of existing water resources. Due to the lack of sufficient rainfall and unfavorable temporal and spatial distribution, Iran ranks among the arid and semiarid countries in the world with serious water shortage problems (Keshavarz et al. 2005). This is compounded by a high population growth rate during the last four decades that has caused an increase in water demand for the limited water resources. The recent severe droughts caused by climate change in Iran brought forward many problems for agriculture. For example, production of rainfed wheat and barley dropped by 34–75% (OCHA 2001). Agriculture in Iran is highly dependent on irrigation water, as around 80% of agricultural product comes from irrigated crops (Salemi et al. 2011).
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The present study was funded by the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the Isfahan Province. The support of the Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center (Project 34 - 38 - 14030930 - 94126) is also acknowledged.
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Salemi, H., Toomanian, N., Jalali, A., Nikouei, A., Khodagholi, M., Rezaei, M. (2020). Determination of Net Water Requirement of Crops and Gardens in Order to Optimize the Management of Water Demand in Agricultural Sector. In: Mohajeri, S., Horlemann, L., Besalatpour, A.A., Raber, W. (eds) Standing up to Climate Change. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50684-1_16
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