Optimized Water Management Strategies in Regenerative Agriculture for Resilience and Efficiency

¹ Department of computers Techniques engineering, College of technical engineering, The Islamic University of Najaf, Iraq The Islamic University of Al Diwaniyah, Al Diwaniyah, Iraq The Islamic University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
² College of MLT, Ahl Al Bayt University, Karbala, Iraq
³ Department of AIML, GRIET, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

^* Corresponding author: ramy_riad@iunajaf.edu.iq

Abstract

The increasing pressure of agriculture for efficient water management, especially from a regenerative perspective, has been increased by such challenges as water scarcity and environmental concerns. Farmers are using traditional farming methods, but their desire for higher crop productivity does not pay heed to water use efficiency needed for the crop and these practices are, almost, unsustainable. This research addresses an existing problem of maximising resilience and efficiency of water management strategies in regenerative agriculture. It is a problem of choosing the proper crop water management techniques keeping in the limitation of water use and maximizing crop yields. This paper evaluates various methods of this Rain Water Harvesting, Drip Irrigation, Soil Moisture Management, Water Efficient Crop Varieties, and Contour Farming. It was found that Drip Irrigation, improve water use efficiency by 40% and crop yield by 35% when compared with the conventional method. Proposed here as a way of assessing what strategic approach to sustainable water management is preferable for regenerative farming systems, an analysis of these techniques is proposed. Results indicate that Drip Irrigation is a best practiced since, it delivers water directly to plant roots, saves huge amount of water and also increases crop yield. But the Rainwater Harvesting and Soil Moisture Management are less convenient and more intensive efforts for being carried out. This research argues the potential of Drip Irrigation as a means to enhance water sustainability and use to meet not only the goals of long term biodiversity conservation and food production, but also to ensure the efficient use of water.