Analyzing Irrigation Water Use Productivity and Irrigation Scheduling of Onion Farm Land in Serenta Irrigation Scheme, Northern Ethiopia

Gebre Gidey; Azenaw Kalkay

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Analyzing Irrigation Water Use Productivity and Irrigation Scheduling of Onion Farm Land in Serenta Irrigation Scheme, Northern Ethiopia

Gebre Gidey, Azenaw Kalkay

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 5)

Received: 6 August 2021 Accepted: 26 September 2021 Published: 5 October 2021

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Farmers in Serenta irrigation scheme have been irrigating their plots without considering the crop water requirement. This has resulted high loose of water and low water use productivity. This indicates that, the irrigation scheme needs scientific analyzing of water use productivity and irrigation scheduling to proper use of the water for more beneficial impacts. Therefore, the present study was conducted to analyze the water use productivity and irrigation scheduling in Serenta irrigation scheme, Northern Ethiopia. To evaluate the irrigation water use productivity, four farmers’ fields covered with single crop onion from each position (head, middle and tail-end) water users of the irrigation scheme were selected. To determine the amount of water applied by the irrigators to the fields, Parshall flumes were installed at the entrance of test plots and the total yields obtained from each of the selected fields were collected directly from the fields. The results from the water use productivity analysis revealed that, the average water use productivity was found to be 1.3 kg/m³, 1.8kg/m³ and 2.1 kg/m³ for the head, middle and tail-end users, respectively. The results indicated that, the tail-end users those who applied less water than the head and middle users, had the highest return per unit of water applied (2.1 kg/m³). This might be due to the application of irrigation water nearest to gross irrigation water requirement. From the present study, it can be concluded that more water application means not more production. So, water use productivity can be improved by minimizing water losses due to over irrigation and applying water according to crop water requirement.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijaas.20210705.11
Page(s)	213-218
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Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Water Use Productivity, Onion Farm Land

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Gebre Gidey

Department of Natural Resource Management, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia
Azenaw Kalkay

Humera Agricultural Research Centre, Tigray, Ethiopia

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