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Alternate wetting and drying

Irrigation that periodically allows paddy fields to dry before re-flooding, reducing water use and methane emissions while maintaining rice yields.

Definition source: IRRI - Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD)

Synonyms

AWD

Broader

Irrigation

Narrower

none

Relations

addresses Drought
produces Water availability
applies-to Rice
reduces-emissions Methane
produces Greenhouse gas emissions

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_043 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_043
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_043)