The main aim of this initiative is to uncover, test and recommend a set of options, (technological, institutional, social, policy) which target improvements in agricultural water productivity and water use efficiency, through the application of innovative science, and on the basis of integration across and within scientific disciplines (biophysical, social, economics). In addition to a contribution to contemporary thought on the process by which innovation systems are able to effectively replace historically linear processes of technology development and dissemination, this initiative endeavors to integrate remotely sensed hydrologic and biophysical variables (e.g., spatially distributed actual evapotranspiration, vegetation maps and land use classification) into a framework for validating politically, economically and socially sound options to increase water efficiency and productivity.
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