Speaker: Dr. Samuel Smidt
Associate Professor
Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
University of Florida
Thursday, October 13, 2022
4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9)
Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom
University of Florida
Abstract: The western US has dominated irrigated agriculture, but ongoing water availability issues have challenged the sustainability of these regions. Many technological innovations have been introduced in recent decades to improve water use efficiency, though these advances are starting to drive the evolution of irrigated agriculture nationwide through interesting socioenvironmental dynamics. This presentation showcases how technological innovation is shaping the future of US irrigation and demonstrates how a combination of historical records, big data applications, and geospatial mapping can be used to build more informed management plans.
Biography: Sam Smidt is an Assistant Professor of watershed sciences in the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Florida. He is an affiliated faculty with SNRE and the Water Institute and is the PI of the Land and Water Lab where his group focuses on sustainable resources management.
All are welcome to attend.
For more information, email Dr. Jane Southworth at jsouthwo@ufl.edu