Exploring non‑conventional irrigation methods and drone‑based monitoring to enhance water use efciency: a case of rice cultivation in Colombia

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dc.audienceInvestigador
dc.audienceTécnico
dc.coverageColombia
dc.creatorMartínez Vega, Ronald Ricardo
dc.creatorOuazaa, Sofane
dc.creatorDe Swaef, Tom
dc.creatorChaali, Nesrine
dc.creatorGarré, Sarah
dc.creatorJaramillo Barrios, Camilo Ignacio
dc.creatorMoreno Fonseca, Liz Patricia
dc.date2025-08-29T17:25:02Z
dc.date2025-08-29T17:25:02Z
dc.date2025-05
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T04:31:19Z
dc.descriptionClimate variability in Colombia threatens water supplies for rice and other crops, highlighting the urgent need for efficient irrigation techniques. This study was conducted over three growing seasons in the Tolima region and evaluated three irrigation techniques: cascade distribution (CD), multiple inlet rice irrigation (MIRI), and alternate wetting and drying combined with MIRI (AWD + MIRI). The focus was on optimizing water usage, sustaining grain yield, and leveraging vegetation indices for irrigation monitoring. Key findings revealed that visual soil moisture monitoring in light-textured soils enabled substantial irrigation reductions. MIRI reduced water usage by 22%–54%, while AWD + MIRI achieved reductions of 48%–65% compared to CD, with no significant grain yield loss. CD, however, demonstrated the lowest water productivity. Vegetation indices measured peaked during the reproductive stage, aligning with maximum biomass. Notably, MIRI consistently exhibited superior vegetation index values, particularly in growing season 2 (GS2) and growing season 3 (GS3), whereas CD underperformed. Variability analyses highlighted Greener area (GGA) as a more sensitive index, whereas Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) demonstrated a lower capacity to capture crop variability for irrigation monitoring. These findings emphasize that adopting the most water-efficient irrigation method identified in this study, AWD + MIRI, coupled with GGA monitoring, can enhance water use efficiency without compromising yield. This approach offers a sustainable path forward for Colombian rice cultivation under the growing pressures of climate variability.
dc.descriptionArroz
dc.descriptionOryza sativa
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dc.identifierhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00271-025-01025-w
dc.identifier0342-7188
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12324/41153
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-025-01025-w
dc.identifierreponame:Biblioteca Digital Agropecuaria de Colombia
dc.identifierinstname:Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria AGROSAVIA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/30208
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
dc.relationIrrigation Science
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dc.sourceIrrigation Science; (2025): Irrigation Science (May.);p. 1 - 19.
dc.subjectRiego - F06
dc.subjectPreparación del suelo - F07
dc.subjectOryza sativa
dc.subjectRiego
dc.subjectCultivo
dc.subjectUso del agua
dc.subjectTransitorios
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dc.titleExploring non‑conventional irrigation methods and drone‑based monitoring to enhance water use efciency: a case of rice cultivation in Colombia
dc.titleExploring non‑conventional irrigation methods and drone‑based monitoring to enhance water use efciency: a case of rice cultivation in Colombia
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