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An irrigation management model for a multi‐cropping and multi‐pattern setting
Author(s) -
Ricketts Dwight D.,
Rudra Ramesh P.,
Gharabaghi Bahram
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.311
Subject(s) - cropping , irrigation , agricultural engineering , evapotranspiration , irrigation management , water resource management , environmental science , plot (graphics) , current (fluid) , water resources , computer science , engineering , mathematics , agriculture , geography , ecology , statistics , electrical engineering , archaeology , biology
This paper presents a user‐friendly tool for water budgeting and forecasting for multi‐plot fields to optimise the area under production. This tool will help the farmer in managing available water, ensuring that all the crops can be irrigated daily to meet current evapotranspiration demands. The “micro‐management” model is universal in application and facilitates the generation of additional information with alteration of the requisite parameter values and/or algorithms. The model is suited for increased degrees of management and operational challenges that are faced by irrigation systems serving fields, which are comprised of multi‐tenureship, and cropping patterns. Illustration of the model is carried out on small undulating landholdings in Beacon, Jamaica where multi‐cropping is being proposed with limited water supply. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.