Sprinkler irrigation in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California

RESEARCH TEAM

PROFESSORS/RESEARCHERS VICTOR MIGUEL PONCE (San Diego State University) WALTER RAÚL ZUÑIGA CASTILLO (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California) RAÚL VENEGAS CARDOSO (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California) THALÍA GAONA ARREDONDO (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California) RAFAEL ONOFRE GARCÍA CUETO (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California) JORGE ISAAC SEPÚLVEDA BETANCOURT (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas, Forestales, y Pecuarias) GUILLERMO ARÁMBURO VIZCARRA (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California)

GRADUATE STUDENTS HIRAIDA LOPEZ HERNANDEZ (Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca, México) ANGEL PINEDA VILLA (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California) SEZAR ERCAN (San Diego State University) AMPAR V. SHETTY (San Diego State University)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES To document hydrogeologic, soil, vegetation, land-use, economic, and social data to support interdisciplinary research in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California, Mexico. To couple an agricultural data base with a GIS-based hydrogeologic model to study the economic and social impacts of groundwater depletion. To examine the issue of sustainable water-resources management as it relates to the Ojos Negros valley.

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