Irrigation Needs in Ukraine According to Current Aridity Level
Journal: Journal of Ecological Engineering
Year: 2021

Global climate change has led to significant shifts in local climatic conditions of Ukraine with the trend to aridity aggravation. Sustainable crop production is at risk due to the aridity level increase. The study is aimed to evaluate aridity index in Ukraine (on the whole country and individual regions' scales) and the needs in irrigation using hydro-meteorological data of the key regional stations for the periods of 1961-1990 and 2010-2020. The results of hydro-meteorological evaluation were