Sustainable crop intensification through surface water irrigation in Bangladesh? A geospatial assessment of landscape-scale production potential

•Arable land area in South Asia is declining while cereal demand is increasing.•Bangladesh emphasizes surface water irrigation (SWI) for sustainable intensification.•Remotely sensed, geospatial, and farmers’ yield data were integrated to target SWI.•20,800 and 103,000 ha of fallow and rainfed cropla...

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Main Authors: Krupnik, Timothy J., Schulthess, Urs, Ahmed, Zia Uddin, McDonald, Andrew J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142720/