Defining Spatial Priorities for Irrigation Development Using the Soil Conservation and Water Use Efficiency Criteria

Atila Bezdan; Bosko Blagojevic; Milica Vranesevic; Pavel Benka; Radovan Savic; Jovana Bezdan

doi:10.3390/agronomy9060324

Agronomy (Jun 2019)

Defining Spatial Priorities for Irrigation Development Using the Soil Conservation and Water Use Efficiency Criteria

Atila Bezdan,
Bosko Blagojevic,
Milica Vranesevic,
Pavel Benka,
Radovan Savic,
Jovana Bezdan

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Atila Bezdan: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Bosko Blagojevic: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Milica Vranesevic: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Pavel Benka: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Radovan Savic: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Jovana Bezdan: Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9060324
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 6
p. 324

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This paper presents a methodology for defining spatial priorities for irrigation development in Vojvodina Province (Serbia). The purpose of the methodology is to take into account several UN Sustainable Development Goals and to try to minimize land degradation, while maximizing water use efficiency. In the first step, areas that can be irrigated over long-term periods with minimal risk of soil degradation were selected in the geographic information system (GIS) environment. Then, three experts used the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to define the weights of four criteria related to water use efficiency. After that, the consensus model was used to obtain group weights of the criteria. These criteria were standardized and presented as GIS layers. Finally, cell values in all the layers were multiplied by corresponding consensus weights of the criteria. The weighted layers are summarized in the final map representing spatial priorities for irrigation development.

Published in Agronomy

ISSN: 2073-4395 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Agriculture
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy

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