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Existing studies often optimise cropping patterns or irrigation schedules separately, seldom embedding yield robustness and policy instruments in one decision framework. We propose an integrated Machine-learning\u2013System-dynamics\u2013Non-dominated-sorting-genetic-algorithm-II (ML\u2013SD\u2013NSGA-II) framework linking long-horizon meteorological scenario generation, crop\u2013water\u2013economy feedback and multi-objective optimisation of crop areas and irrigation depths. ML models generate daily climate sequences to drive an SD model of soil moisture, yield formation, basin-scale allocable water, and farm returns; NSGA-II searches Pareto-optimal strategies that maximise profit and irrigation water productivity while minimising yield deviation. Applied to a rice\u2013wheat irrigation system in the middle Yangtze River Basin, knee-point solutions lift irrigation water productivity by about 14%, maintain near-baseline profits, and reduce yield deviation. Scenario tests with block tariffs, quota-based subsidies, and extreme drought show pricing mainly curbs low-value water use in normal years, while under drought, physical scarcity dominates and economic tools offer limited buffering. This reveals the existence of a scarcity-regime threshold beyond which economic instruments become second-order relative to binding biophysical constraints. 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