Problems and challenges of irrigated

The coast of Huelva problems and challenges of irrigated agriculture on the coast of Huelva has undergone a profound transformation in the last four decades, visible in its landscapes, crops, technologies and social, economic and environmental aspects and which come mainly as a consequence of the extension of irrigation. Huelva has always remained marginal compared to other Andalusian and Mediterranean irrigation systems. It barely represented 1% of Andalusian irrigation in  expansion of irrigation and new agricultural techniques (low plastic, fertigation, drip irrigation) and extension of irrigation plans and hydraulic infrastructures (Figure linked to socioeconomic factors: emergence of commercial, industrial and agricultural services companies, strong investments in capital, demographic increase, changes in the local labor market and new social and economic role of the farmer.

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Agriculture” is to talk about irrigated agriculture, spread mainly on the Huelva coast, from Guadiana to Doñana. However, in recent years, new irrigable surfaces and new hydraulic plans have focused on previously forested and mining in  Brazil Phone Number Data abundance and quality.  Is essential to understanding this agricultural revolution. In the beginning  water was obtained from aquifers, but it was clear that it was impossible to assume new irrigation with guarantees. Therefore, different administrations and institutions intervene to supply surface water and suppress underground irrigation. This has Northern . Important hydraulic works have been carried out, including.

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Agricultural supply system of Andévalo and South of the province of Huelva pivots on it, having made it possible to replace underground irrigation on the western coast and progressively on the eastern one . At the same time, the first irrigation  which represented a turning Lebanon Phone Number List  point in this province. They become corporations to ensure irrigation, today being powerful organizations with social weight and negotiating capacity with different administrations. Today there are 13 communities that manage surface irrigation. Currently, there are new demands for irrigation. The underlying problem is that for years in this province the hydraulic works estimated in their plans have not been carried out. Therefore, deficiencies accumulate in the face of demands.  The legal obligations or imperatives of approved transfers.