Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4877-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4877-2015
Research article
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21 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2015

Green and blue water footprint reduction in irrigated agriculture: effect of irrigation techniques, irrigation strategies and mulching

A. D. Chukalla, M. S. Krol, and A. Y. Hoekstra

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This paper provides the first detailed and comprehensive study regarding the potential for reducing the consumptive WF of a crop by changing management practice such as irrigation technique, irrigation strategy and mulching practice. If we consider all the cases of drip or subsurface drip irrigation with synthetic mulching, including all crops and environments, we find an average consumptive WF reduction of 28-29%. The corresponding blue WF reduction is 44% and the green WF reduction 14%.