Prabhahar et al. (2025) Harnessing Automated Irrigation Technologies to Enhance Sustainability of Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security

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Identification

• Journal: International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-12-03
• Authors: Prakalya Prabhahar, S Shriram, Kalpana Shankar, V. Mohanraj, R Thilagarajan
• DOI: 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i125159

Research Groups

Not explicitly stated, but implies a collaborative effort across agricultural research and development entities globally, given the diverse case studies.

Short Summary

This study evaluates the impact of automated irrigation technologies on water-use efficiency, energy optimization, and crop productivity, finding that high-level automation significantly improves water savings (up to 87%), yield (30%), and economic returns compared to traditional methods.

Objective

• To evaluate the impact of automated irrigation technologies, integrating smart sensors, IoT platforms, and AI tools, on water-use efficiency, energy optimization, and crop productivity in agriculture.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Global, with specific case studies from Tamil Nadu (India), Israel, California (USA), and Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Temporal Scale: Implied long-term impact and economic return on investment (2–3 years), based on field data and comparative analyses.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not explicitly stated; the study relies on field-based data and comparative analyses.
• Data sources: Field-based data and comparative analyses across diverse irrigation systems and agro-climatic contexts.

Main Results

• Achieves up to 87% water savings compared to traditional irrigation methods.
• Improves crop yield by up to 30%.
• Provides a return on investment (ROI) within 2–3 years.
• Reduces labor requirements by up to 60%.
• Contributes to reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
• Validated for global scalability under varied agro-climatic contexts.

Contributions

• Provides a comprehensive, multi-faceted evaluation of automated irrigation's benefits, encompassing water, energy, yield, labor, environmental impact, and economic viability.
• Validates the global applicability and scalability of automated irrigation across diverse agro-climatic regions through real-world case studies.
• Identifies key adoption barriers and proposes specific policy interventions (subsidies, institutional linkages, digital literacy) to promote widespread implementation.
• Positions automated irrigation as a transformative paradigm shift towards sustainable, resource-efficient, and resilient agriculture, enabling a transition from reactive to predictive, data-driven farming.

Funding

Not explicitly stated in the provided text.

Citation

@article{Prabhahar2025Harnessing,
  author = {Prabhahar, Prakalya and Shriram, S and Shankar, Kalpana and Mohanraj, V. and Thilagarajan, R},
  title = {Harnessing Automated Irrigation Technologies to Enhance Sustainability of Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security},
  journal = {International Journal of Environment and Climate Change},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i125159},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i125159}
}