Feature: Smarter irrigation in a drier century
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:52
in Earth & Climate
With global climate models indicating a further 20 per cent decline in rainfall across southeastern Australia by 2030, irrigated agriculture, particularly in the southern Murray–Darling Basin, is suddenly facing an uncertain future. Now that the new COAG National Water Plan is signed, how might our irrigation systems be adapted for the 21st century? Graeme O’Neill provides some perspective.