TY - CHAP AU - Gabrijel Ondrasek ED - Gabrijel OndraĊĦek Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Irrigation after Millennia - Still One of the Most Effective Strategies for Sustainable Management of Water Footprint in Agricultural Crops N2 - The agroecosystem is one of the most fascinating, purposely human-created functional units, by which human species made a huge leap from predators and nomads to food growers (agriculturists). Irrigation is one of the oldest and still one of the most effective agricultural practices for providing continuous and quality foodstuffs. BT - Irrigation in Agroecosystems SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81189 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.81189 SN - 978-1-78984-924-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -