Climate change impact on water resources and crop production in Armenia

Ani Melkonyan

Agricultural Water Management, 2015, vol. 161, issue C, 86-101

Abstract: Agricultural sector of small, mountainous country Armenia is very vulnerable towards climate change, due to frequent drought episodes, enhanced air temperature, reduced precipitation, increased evaporation rates and water scarcity. To maximize the crop production in a country with specific economic structure, where 21% of GDP is formed in the agricultural sector, it is necessary to estimate the capacity of agrometeorological and water resources, effectiveness of irrigation amounts under the current and future climate conditions, which is the main aim of the given study.

Keywords: Water resources; Irrigation; Crop management; Climatic and meteorological parameters; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.07.004

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