Primary Convener:
Bin Peng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Convener:
Kathleen Bailey Boomer, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ming Pan, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Early Career Convener:
Yaji Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair:
Bin Peng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kathleen Bailey Boomer, Smithsonian Institution
Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ming Pan, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Agriculture consumes more than 70% of global freshwater and remains a major source for water pollution. Improving agricultural water and land management can help reduce water footprint of agricultural production and restore healthy watersheds. This session explores science, technology, and policy at the water-agriculture nexus, emphasizing systems-based and interdisciplinary approaches. We invite contributions on: (1) process-based insights in integrating agronomic and conservation practices, hydrological processes, biogeochemistry, and socioeconomic dimensions to better understand and manage connections between agriculture and natural water systems; (2) new sensing and data-driven techniques to monitor agricultural water use, soil health, and ground- and surface water conditions; (3) advanced systems modeling and model-data integration for improved quantification; (4) decision support systems to co-create solutions with stakeholders and translate science into practice for sustainable land and water management; and (5) policies, market mechanisms, and socioeconomic issues grounded in stakeholder engagement that promotes more effective water governance in agriculture.

Index Terms
0402 Agricultural systems
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling
1865 Soils
1879 Watershed

Suggested Itineraries:
Gulf Coast Region
Climate Change and Global Policy
Biochemistry
Machine Learning and AI
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies

Co-Organized Sessions:
Global Environmental Change
Biogeosciences
Science and Society

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
B - Biogeosciences
GH - GeoHealth
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus