Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su10124648
Keywords
water management; crop irrigation; sustainability; optimal control
Funding
- FEDER funds through COMPETE2020-Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006933-SYSTEC, PTDC/EEI-AUT/2933/2014, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016858 TOCCATTA, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028247]
- PIDDAC through FCT/MCTES
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [UID/FIS/04650/2013]
- SMARTEGOV Project Harnessing EGOV for smart governance [P2020 NORTE-45-2015-23]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/EEI-AUT/2933/2014] Funding Source: FCT
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Climate change is a proven fact. In the report of 2007 from IPCC, one can read that global warming is an issue to be dealt with urgently. In many parts of the world, the estimated rise of temperature (in a very near future) is significant. One of the most affected regions is the Iberian Peninsula, where the increasing need for water will very soon be a problem. Therefore, it is necessary that decision makers are able to decide on all issues related to water management. In this paper, we show a couple of mathematical models that can aid the decision making in the management of an agricultural field at a given location. Having a field, in which different crops can be produced, the solution of the first model indicates the area that should be used for each crop so that the profit is as large as possible, while the water spent is the smallest possible guaranteeing the water requirements of each crop. Using known data for these crops in Portugal, including costs of labour, machines, energy and water, as well as the estimated value of the products obtained, the first mathematical model developed, via optimal control theory, obtains the best management solution. It allows creating different scenarios, thus it can be a valuable tool to help the farmer/decision maker decide the crop and its area to be cultivated. A second mathematical model was developed. It improves the first one, in the sense that it allows considering that water from the rainfall can be collected in a reservoir with a given capacity. The contribution of the collected water from the rainfall in the profit obtained for some different scenarios is also shown.
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