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Water footprint estimation of selected crops in Laguna province, Philippines

  • Salvador, Johnviefran Patrick;Ahmad, Mirza Junaid;Choi, Kyung-Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.294-294
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    • 2022
  • In 2013, the Asian Development Bank classified the Philippines among the countries facing high food security risks. Evidence has suggested that climate change has affected agricultural productivity, and the effect of extreme climatic events notably drought has worsened each year. This had resulted in serious hydrological repercussions by limiting the timely water availability for the agriculture sector. Laguna is the 3rd most populated province in the country, and it serves as one of the food baskets that feed the region and nearby provinces. In addition to climate change, population growth, rapid industrialization, and urban encroachment are also straining the delicate balance between water demand and supply. Studies have projected that the province will experience less rainfall and an increase in temperature, which could simultaneously affect water availability and crop yield. Hence, understanding the composite threat of climate change for crop yield and water consumption is imperative to devise mitigation plans and judicious use of water resources. The water footprint concept elaborates the water used per unit of crop yield production and it can approximate the dual impacts of climate change on water and agricultural production. In this study, the water footprint (WF) of six main crops produced in Laguna were estimated during 2010-2020 by following the methodology proposed by the Water Footprint Network. The result of this work gives importance to WF studies in a local setting which can be used as a comparison between different provinces as well as a piece of vital information to guide policy makers to adopt plans for crop-related use of water and food security in the Philippines.

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Operation Rule of Irrigation Reservoir (灌漑 貯水池의 利水 管理 方法)

  • Kim, Tae-Cheol;No, Jae-Gyeong;Park, Seung-Gi
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 1992
  • Up to now, monthly water balance analysis has been dominantly used for the water resources planning. But, it is more reasonable to explain the variation of spatial and temporal distribution of water by the daily water balance model with daily streamflow data. Since we are recently facing the problems of regional unbalance of water quantity, and of multiuse of irrigation water, and of deterioration of water quality, it is urgently needed to develop the daily water balance model to solve those problems and establish the rational plannings of agricultural water resources. In the circumstances, Daily water Balance(DAWABA) model for irrigation reservoirs was developed and the operation rule of irrigation resorvoir during drought season was established.

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Assessing the Impact of Virtual Water Trade on Water and Land Security

  • Odey, Golden;Adelodun, Bashir;Adeyemi, Khalid;Choi, Kyung Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.161-161
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    • 2022
  • Despite the impressive development of water infrastructure and management in recent decades, Korea still faces a number of threats to water security owing to such factors as climate change. This puts the country at the top spot amongst the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in terms of water stress. It is suggested that increasing food imports and decreasing domestic food production can contribute to water and land savings and in extension, to increased water and land security. This study therefore aimed at analyzing the impact of virtual water import through food trade on the water and land savings in Korea. It was concluded that over the period 2000 - 2017, significant amounts of national water and land was saved through the importation of major upland crops. In addition, we estimated the virtual water trade (VWT) that refers to the trade of water embedded in food products. The results showed a significant increase in the amount of virtual water traded over the study period.

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The Swelling Response of Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Juvenile Wood to Water Submersion

  • Via, Brain K.;Hartley, Ian D.;Shupe, Todd F.;Lee, Sang Yeob;Lee, Byung G.
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.2 s.130
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2005
  • Juvenile and transitional-juvenile wood samples from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) were immersed in water to investigate longitudinal and tangential swelling properties. Increment cores from twenty-six loblolly pine trees were sampled at breast height (1.37 m). Earlywood rings 5 and 9 were separated from the core, extracted, oven-dried and immersed in water at room temperature. The variance in longitudinal swell was significant for ring 5 compared to ring 9 (p = 0.001). It was found that tangential swell might predict longitudinal swelling of juvenile wood at ring 9 but not at ring 5. Poor correlation in ring 5 suggests that swelling response in younger juvenile wood may differ. The swell response at ring 5 did not follow the shrinkage models discussed in the literature while ring 9 adhered to the expected curve.

Development of Standardized Water Balance Model for Applying Irrigation District in South Korea (용수구역 물 관리를 위한 표준화 물수지 모형 개발)

  • Noh, Jae-Kyoung;Lee, Jae-Nam;Kim, Yong-Kuk
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2010
  • The objective of this study is to develop a standardized model for analyzing water balances in large scaled water basin by considering agricultural water districts, and to evaluate the hydrological feasibility of applying this model to several water districts such as Nonbul, Geumbok, Daejeon 1, Daejeon 2, and Cheonggang in Geum river basin. Ten types of stream network were considered in developed model. Using this model, streamflows were simulated by major stations and water balances were analyzed by water districts. Simulated streamflows and measured streamflows were compared at check stations such as Gapcheon and Bugang stations in which Nash and Schcliffe's model efficiencies were 0.633, 0.902, respectively. This results showed its applicabilities to national water resources plan, rural water development plan, and total maximum daily load plan in Korea.

Investigation of Effluent of Wastewater Treatment Plants for Agriculture Reuse (농업용수재이용을 위한 하수처리장 현황조사)

  • Lee, Gwang-Ya;Kim, Hae-Do;Jeong, Gwang-Geun;Lee, Jong-Nam
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.521-526
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    • 2005
  • Water Quality of effluent from wastewater treatment plants was reviewed to reuse effluent for agricultural water as alternative water resources. Among 2004, wastewater treatment plants, 19 plants are found to be used as wastewater resources applicable to irrigation. The total effluent capacities are 9,293 thousand $m^3$per day, which may be used to irrigate paddy fields. In order to know how much the effluent can be use for agricultural water, we classified the effluent according to the river basin area and evaluated the water quality of the effluent.

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The Planning and Design of Agricultural Water Resources Development Project using Digital Topographic Data (수치지형정보를 활용한 농업용수개발 사업의 계획 및 설계)

  • 이재기;이현직;최석근
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.49-59
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    • 1995
  • This thesis is purposed to economical and rational accomplishment of the agricultural water resources development project as to utilize digital topographic information in basic investigation, preliminary planning and detail design process of the agricultural water resources development. In this study, the digital topographic data is acquired to stereo aerial photography of test field and the digital elevation model(DEM) is generated by interpolation of acquired data. Also, the database of basic investigation which is constituted to graphic and at-tribute data is designed. As the results of this study, the method that is determined to this study makes a contribution to effective accomplishment of the agricultural water resources development project.

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