Considering climate change, drought, increasing population and decrasing water resources, it has become very important to identify drought-resilient strategies that are suitable for deficit irrigation strategies and provide higher water productivity and economic productivity of water in cereals (such as wheat and lentils) which are the most important human food in both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. The region where our study area is located in the Mesopotamia region, (Southeastern Anatolia Region of Tukiye) which is the gene center of wheat in the wold. Here is also the most important wheat and lentil production region of the country. For this reason, it is essential to improve genotypes and varieties resistant to drought and climate change as well as to determine the impact of different irrigation strategies. Thus, it could be aimed to increase sustainable agriculture and water productivity. Taking into account all, we would like to stuy on all agronomic and irrigation strategies that increase water productivity in wheat and lentil.

Dicle University was founded in 1973 which is the oldest university in the region. It has 17 different faculties and nearly 40 thousand students. Although the Faculty of Agriculture was established in 1992, it has many different departments and provides undergraduate, master and doctorate education with more than 1000 students. There are expert and competent faculty members in the Field Crops and Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Departments related to the field of study, and there are researchers with international studies on cooperation and research topics. There is also a research and application farm. The Faculty of Agriculture is particularly engaged in close cooperation and projects with national and international stakeholders.