Agriculture and Water Management Under Climate Change

Öner Çetin is currently a Professor at the Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture, Dicle University, Diyrabkir City of Turkiye. After completing his Ph.D. at Çukurova University, Adana, Turkiye, he has worked as a researcher on irrigation management in Soil and Water Research Institute under Ministry of Agriculture from 1988 to 2006. He started as an academic staff at Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkiye in 2006 and he continues at the same university.  

He has participated to the courses on irrigation for 4 months in Utah State University, USA, and advanced courses on irrigation and soil management for 2 months in Israel and 3 months in Australia. Meanwhile, he has joined to some international conferences, symposiums, seminars and short training courses in many different countries (about 60). He has given also some international lectures. He is an active author having contributed more than 120 papers. In addition, he is an author for 7 chapters and 3  books. He has completed 4 international conferences/workshops as a Chairman. Lastly, he has actively taught irrigation scheduling, irrigation water management, soil-water relations, fertigation, water productivity on training of farmers, agricultural technicians and engineers in national and international levels for long time. He is a member of the Irrigation Management Technical Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Agricultural Strategy and Policy Development Center (TARPOL).  

1. Climate and Crop Production Crisis.- 2. Adoption of Water-Saving Technologies in Agriculture.- 3. Use of Technology in Agriculture: Some Examples in Turkiye and  Other Countries.-  4. Irrigation Management and Innovative Approaches in Cotton under Climate Change.- 5. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, a New Requirement of the Route from Production to Consumption.