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1 Lamaddalena, N.; Antonello, E.; Bianchi, C. 1996. The use of water delivery equipment for improving management of large scale irrigation systems. In Zazueta, F. S. (Ed.), Sixth International Conference on Computers in Agriculture, Cancun, Mexico, June 1996. St. Joseph, MI, USA: ASAE. pp.177-184.
Irrigation programs ; Water delivery ; Irrigation equipment / Italy
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 001.6 G000 ZAZ Record No: H020762)

2 Pereira, L. S.; Hamdy, A.; Lamaddalena, N.; Abdelmalek, M. 1994. Fertigation with surface irrigation: Experimental study on dispersion of nitrogen in a farm canal. In International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) (Comp.), International Conference on Land and Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region, Instituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano, Bari, Italy, 4-8 September 1994: Volume 1 - Water resources management. pp.309-325.
Surface irrigation ; Fertilizers ; Nitrogen ; Irrigation canals ; Farms ; Experiments ; Fertigation
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 GG20 INT Record No: H020922)

3 Lamaddalena, N.; Sagardoy, J. A. 2000. Performance analysis of on-demand pressurized irrigation systems. Rome, Italy; Valenzano, Italy: FAO; CIHEAM-Bari Institute. xvi, 132p. + 1 (3 1/2) diskette. (FAO irrigation and drainage paper 59)
Irrigation systems ; Performance evaluation ; Irrigation design ; Water delivery ; Networks ; Computer models ; Pipes ; Pumps ; Optimization ; Sensitivity analysis ; Irrigation management ; Water rates ; Measuring instruments ; Cost recovery
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 LAM Record No: H026986)

4 Pereira, L. S.; Calejo, M. J.; Lamaddalena, N.; Douieb, A.; Bounoua, R. 2003. Design and performance analysis of low pressure irrigation distribution systems. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 17(4):305-324.
Irrigation design ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Flow ; Simulation models ; Optimization ; Pipes ; Performance evaluation / Portugal / Lisbon
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H033658)

5 Lamaddalena, N.; Pereira, L. S. 1998. Performance analysis of on-demand pressurized irrigation systems. In Pereira, L. S.; Gowing, J. W. (Eds.). Water and the environment: Innovation issues in irrigation and drainage: Selected papers of the 1st Inter-Regional Conference “Environment-Water: Innovative Issues in Irrigation and Drainage,” Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1998. London, UK: E & FN Spon. pp.247-255.
Irrigation systems ; Models ; Case studies ; Irrigation programs / Italy / Sinistra Ofanto
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 PER Record No: H039035)

6 Douieb, A.; Bounoua, R.; Pereira, L. S.; Sousa, P. L.; Lamaddalena, N.. 1998. New approaches to design and performance analysis of low pressure distribution systems. In Pereira, L. S.; Gowing, J. W. (Eds.). Water and the environment: Innovation issues in irrigation and drainage: Selected papers of the 1st Inter-Regional Conference “Environment-Water: Innovative Issues in Irrigation and Drainage,” Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1998. London, UK: E & FN Spon. pp.256-265.
Irrigation systems ; Pipes ; Performance evaluation ; Models ; Water use ; Farms
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 PER Record No: H039036)

7 Giordano, R.; D’Agostino, D.; Apollonio, C.; Scardigno, A.; Pagano, A.; Portoghese, I.; Lamaddalena, N.; Piccinni, A. F.; Vurro, M. 2015. Evaluating acceptability of groundwater protection measures under different agricultural policies. Agricultural Water Management, 147:54-66. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.07.023]
Groundwater management ; Water conservation ; Water policy ; Agricultural policy ; Models ; Bayesian theory ; Water users ; Irrigation water ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Farmers attitudes ; Decision making ; Conflict ; Economic aspects ; Case studies / Southern Italy / Apulia / Capitanata
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047424)
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047424.pdf
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Water resources management is often characterized by conflicts in many arid and semi-arid regions, where agriculture is the main user of groundwater (GW). Conflicts could arise among different decision-makers and stakeholders. Moreover, different policies can interact each other hampering or facilitating their implementation and effectiveness. This contribution describes a new implementation of GeSAP, an integrated modelling tool for enabling local GW management by combining the need for GW protection with socio-economic and behavioural determinants of GW use. GeSAP is based on the involvement of multiple stakeholders and the use of Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to simulate and explore their attitude relative to GW exploitation and their responses to the introduction of new protection and agricultural policies. In this work, GeSAP was implemented in the area of the Capitanata Irrigation Users Organization, located in the Apulia region (southern Italy). It was used to simulate the reactions of the main stakeholders involved in GW protection policy implementation and to assess the policy’s effectiveness in terms of actual reduction of GW exploitation. Furthermore, the interactions between the GW protection policy and the coming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was investigated. The results of the application proved the capability of the GeSAP tool to assess the actual effectiveness of GW protection policy by investigating how far this policy could be considered acceptable by farmers. In addition, this study demonstrates how the effectiveness of the GW protection policy could be affected by the interaction with the CAP reform. The latter could strongly impact the balance between water demand and availability with the effect of nullifying the positive synergy between CAP and GW protection policy. Although water management issues are not explicitly mentioned among the main scopes of the CAP, this work clearly demonstrates the impact that such policy could have on farmers’ decisions on water use.

8 Daccache, A.; D’Agostino, D.; Lamaddalena, N.; El Chami, D. 2016. A decision tool for sustainable agricultural policies: the case of water saving scenarios for Apulia Region (southern Italy). Water Policy, 18(1):126-142. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2015.050]
Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural policy ; Water resources ; Water conservation ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation practices ; Water scarcity ; Water requirements ; Groundwater ; Water balance ; Models ; GIS ; Crops ; Evapotranspiration ; Case studies / Southern Italy / Apulia Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047483)
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047483.pdf
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The economy of Apulia Region largely depends on agriculture but the scarce water resources are the main factor threatening the sustainable production of this sector. This paper describes a geographical information system (GIS) based water balance tool that integrates maps of crops, climate and soil parameters with various scenarios of cropping pattern and farming practice changes. The aim is to assess the implication of these scenarios on the spatial and volumetric water needs of the region’s irrigated agriculture. The total net volumetric irrigation needs, under current land use and full irrigation practices, were estimated on an average year to be 973 million m3 . The deficit irrigation practices currently used in Capitanata water districts can save a volume of 302 million m3 if they are extrapolated over the entire region. Based on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a replacement of 30% of the actual tomato areas in Foggia Province with sunflowers (energy crop) or durum wheat (rainfed crop) has potential water saving of 9 million m3 and 67 million m3 , respectively. An additional 103 million m3 of water saving may be obtained through modernisation of the vineyards’ growing practices. Findings of this paper could be used to address the agricultural policies towards a sustainable use of the scarce fresh water.

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