The rice industry in southern Russia faces a number of challenges, the solution of which should ensure sustainable food security for Russia. The primary objective of the rice-growing region of southern Russia is not only to maintain but also to increase rice yields (Presidential Decree No. 309 of May 7, 2024) in the face of high risks of man-made threats, climate anomalies, and water shortages. The primary research objective is the development and implementation of a universal drip irrigation technology for rice, aimed at increasing crop productivity while simultaneously conserving water and other material and technical resources. The research examines the interdependencies of key environmental factors—natural and anthropogenic—influencing the process of rice production using resource-saving technology. The subject of the study is rice agricultural landscapes. Within this framework, the research allows for a reconsideration of the prevailing stereotype about rice production and a significant increase in the area under cultivation and the volume of rice harvested in southern Russia. The proposed resource-saving drip irrigation technology for rice has a unique scale and potential for implementation, changing the understanding of rice production not only in southern Russia but also in other regions of the country. Based on the positive results of a field study analyzing the effectiveness of drip-irrigated rice cultivation, a decision was made to launch a drip irrigation field trial at Konstantin Viktorovich Golovin, a peasant farm in the Kalininsky District of Krasnodar Krai, in 2026 to develop new methodological foundations for rice cultivation in the context of water scarcity and climate anomalies in southern Russia.
Kesafoti et al. (Sun,) studied this question.