Rainfed Agriculture in Mexico Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT

Need for water use monitoring in a rainfed agriculture system

Published on 20 Dec 2022 , by Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz

Need for water use monitoring in a rainfed agriculture system

Published on 20 Dec 2022 , by Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz

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Usually for irrigated agriculture we know how to measure water in the soil easily using some devices. But when you have an open system like rainfed agriculture, how do you measure the efficiency of that system in preserving water? Would it be possible to use proxy data?

Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz

Research Associate at Free University of Brussels

Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz is an interdisciplinary researcher and an Ëyuujk Indigenous Woman from Mexico. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the Laboratory of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds of the Free University of Brussels and does consultancy work for different international organisations. She has 15 years of experience working on issues linked to international development.

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Climate Zone

Dry winter subtropical highland

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Region/Country

Mexico

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