Author(s)

Shan Zhang, Xiujuan Wang^*, Lingshan Zhou

College of Public Adminisatration, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China.

This paper aims to analyze the research on the current situation of water-saving agriculture development in Europe. Water-saving agriculture in Europe started early, governments and farmers in various countries have a strong awareness of water-saving in agriculture and have achieved certain results. Due to the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of up-to-date field research, the complexity of various agricultural disciplines and categories, and the lack of information sharing, the current cognition of recent progress in the development of water-saving agriculture in Europe is not comprehensive enough. This paper selects four representative European countries: Spain, Germany, Italy, and Denmark as the research objects. Based on the existing research of Chinese and Western scholars, this paper analyzes and studies the current situation of water-saving agriculture in Europe. It has far-reaching significance for other countries in the world to have further development in water-saving agriculture and to protect water resources.

European Agricultural Water, Water-Saving Agriculture, Water Resources

Zhang, S. , Wang, X. and Zhou, L. (2022) A Review on Water-Saving Agriculture in Europe. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 14, 305-317. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2022.144015.