Advantages of irrigated agricultural option

Authors

  • Caio Tibério Dorneles da Rocha Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply image/svg+xml
  • Demetrios Christofidis Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply image/svg+xml

Keywords:

sustainable development, food production, water resources

Abstract

The paper presents the concern with the increase of the demand over the agricultural products and the repercussion of the grow of the production over the water resources. To inform the ways of the irrigated agriculture development did make possible, with other factors, the increment of agricultural performance and how the Brazilian farmers can expand the irrigated area, improve the irrigation practices, adopting sustainable agricultural manner and support, in the next years, the country and the world with the food, fiber and energy production.

Author Biographies

  • Caio Tibério Dorneles da Rocha, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
    Engenheiro-agrônomo com especialização em Difusão de Tecnologia e Gestão de Políticas Públicas, Secretário de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Cooperativismo do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento
  • Demetrios Christofidis, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
    Doutor em Gestão Ambiental/Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos, mestre em Engenharia de Irrigação, Coordenador-Geral do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, professor do Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental da Universidade de Brasília

Issue

Section

Artigo Científico

How to Cite

Rocha, C. T. D. da, & Christofidis, D. (2015). Advantages of irrigated agricultural option. Revista de Política Agrícola, 24(2), 17-25. https://rpa.sede.embrapa.br/RPA/article/view/1007

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