<ul class="scheda data"><li class="data">2025</li><li class="icon progetti"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progettiblack@4x.png"></li></ul><ul class="scheda condata"><li class="icon"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progetti@4x.png"></li><li class="title"><label>Update</label><a href="https://www.etifor.com/en/publications/from-flood-to-drip-irrigation-a-review-of-irrigation-modernization-trade-offs/"><strong><span class='titolo_parte_1'>From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs</span></strong></a></li><li class="dove"><label>Where</label><strong>Online</strong></li><li class="data"><label>When</label><strong>2025</strong></li><li class="autori"><label>Authors</label><strong>Santini, Masiero, Amato, Pettenella</strong></li></ul><div class="presentazione_breve condata" data-cat="Update"><p data-start="414" data-end="786">The journal Water has published the scientific review From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs, authored by Alessandra Santini, Mauro Masiero and Davide Matteo Pettenella (University of Padua) and Giulia Amato (Etifor). The study analyzes the trade-offs associated with the transition from traditional flood irrigation to drip irrigation systems, often promoted as a universal solution to water scarcity.</p>
<a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://www.etifor.com/en/publications/from-flood-to-drip-irrigation-a-review-of-irrigation-modernization-trade-offs/">Read More</a></div><ul class="scheda data"><li class="data">2025</li><li class="icon progetti"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progettiblack@4x.png"></li></ul><ul class="scheda condata"><li class="icon"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progetti@4x.png"></li><li class="title"><label>Update</label><a href="https://www.etifor.com/en/publications/from-flood-to-drip-irrigation-a-review-of-irrigation-modernization-trade-offs/"><strong><span class='titolo_parte_1'>From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs</span></strong></a></li><li class="dove"><label>Where</label><strong>Online</strong></li><li class="data"><label>When</label><strong>2025</strong></li><li class="autori"><label>Authors</label><strong>Santini, Masiero, Amato, Pettenella</strong></li></ul><div class="presentazione_breve condata" data-cat="Update"><p data-start="414" data-end="786">The journal Water has published the scientific review From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs, authored by Alessandra Santini, Mauro Masiero and Davide Matteo Pettenella (University of Padua) and Giulia Amato (Etifor). The study analyzes the trade-offs associated with the transition from traditional flood irrigation to drip irrigation systems, often promoted as a universal solution to water scarcity.</p>
<a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://www.etifor.com/en/publications/from-flood-to-drip-irrigation-a-review-of-irrigation-modernization-trade-offs/">Read More</a></div><ul class="scheda data"><li class="data">2025</li><li class="icon progetti"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progettiblack@4x.png"></li></ul><ul class="scheda condata"><li class="icon"><img src="https://www.etifor.com/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/img/progetti@4x.png"></li><li class="title"><label>Update</label><a href="https://www.etifor.com/en/publications/from-flood-to-drip-irrigation-a-review-of-irrigation-modernization-trade-offs/"><strong><span class='titolo_parte_1'>From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs</span></strong></a></li><li class="dove"><label>Where</label><strong>Online</strong></li><li class="data"><label>When</label><strong>2025</strong></li><li class="autori"><label>Authors</label><strong>Santini, Masiero, Amato, Pettenella</strong></li></ul><div class="presentazione_breve condata" data-cat="Update"><p data-start="414" data-end="786">The journal Water has published the scientific review From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs, authored by Alessandra Santini, Mauro Masiero and Davide Matteo Pettenella (University of Padua) and Giulia Amato (Etifor). The study analyzes the trade-offs associated with the transition from traditional flood irrigation to drip irrigation systems, often promoted as a universal solution to water scarcity.</p>
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The study analyzes the trade-offs associated with the transition from traditional flood irrigation to drip irrigation systems, often promoted as a universal solution to water scarcity.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ded04f;border-color:#ded04f;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><div data-test-render-count=\"1\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Through a systematic review of scientific literature \u2013 conducted according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines on a final corpus of 62 publications \u2013 the research demonstrates that, while at the field scale drip irrigation produces clear benefits (higher yields, better water efficiency, reduction of soil emissions), at the basin scale the picture becomes more complex: farm-level water savings are often offset by the expansion of irrigated surfaces and production intensification, reducing the return flows that feed groundwater and downstream ecosystems. Irrigation modernization is therefore necessary but not sufficient, and must be accompanied by governance tools that regulate consumption and enhance the value of ecosystem services linked to traditional irrigation systems.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The paper is part of Etifor&#8217;s commitment to research on water-related ecosystem services and the governance of water resources in agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ded04f;border-color:#ded04f;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container 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style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><strong>RESEARCH DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>From Flood to Drip Irrigation: A Review of Irrigation Modernization Trade-Offs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong>Alessandra Santini,\u00a0Mauro Masiero, Giulia Amato e Davide Matteo Pettenella<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year of publication:<\/strong>\u00a02025<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#000000;--button_accent_hover_color:var(--awb-custom13);--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#ded04f;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#ded04f;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#000000;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#000000;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2073-4441\/17\/20\/3018\"><i class=\"fa-angle-down fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Scarica il paper<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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