Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance
Ethiopia is among the many developing nations that prefer surface irrigation over underground and pressured irrigation systems due to its lower cost and energy consumption. This paper reviews the effects of furrow features, including length, flow rate, and influence on farm water productivity and yi...
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| description | Ethiopia is among the many developing nations that prefer surface irrigation over underground and pressured irrigation systems due to its lower cost and energy consumption. This paper reviews the effects of furrow features, including length, flow rate, and influence on farm water productivity and yield gap. The furrow irrigation method can be highly effective when used correctly, but it can also be quite ineffective when used incorrectly. High efficiency can be attained if the design parameters of a furrow irrigation system, such as field length and flow rate, infiltration characteristics, and field slope, as well as its operational and management parameters, such as application depth, and frequency, are properly maintained. Over-irrigation in a furrow irrigation system can lead to a variety of detrimental consequences on crop productivity and the environment, including water runoff, reduced efficiency, deep percolation, waste of energy and resources, crop damage, and increased salinity. Therefore, checking the moisture content of the soil frequently to prevent over-irrigation by visual examination or soil moisture monitors, carefully planning furrows depending on soil type, crop requirements, and topography as well as gathering runoff water and reusing it improved farm irrigation water management in furrow irrigation system to reduce the yield gap and increase water productivity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-034c327bd8bc4e1babe2d55a78297fe12025-08-20T03:40:25ZengSelva Andina Research SocietyJournal of the Selva Andina Biosphere2308-38672308-38592024-11-01122103110doi:10.36610/j.jsab.2024.120200103Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performanceAddisu Asefa Mangesha0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-0127Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Jimma Agricultural Research Center. Natural Resource Management Research Sub Division. Adís Abeba. Phone: +251923100520. Ethiopía.Ethiopia is among the many developing nations that prefer surface irrigation over underground and pressured irrigation systems due to its lower cost and energy consumption. This paper reviews the effects of furrow features, including length, flow rate, and influence on farm water productivity and yield gap. The furrow irrigation method can be highly effective when used correctly, but it can also be quite ineffective when used incorrectly. High efficiency can be attained if the design parameters of a furrow irrigation system, such as field length and flow rate, infiltration characteristics, and field slope, as well as its operational and management parameters, such as application depth, and frequency, are properly maintained. Over-irrigation in a furrow irrigation system can lead to a variety of detrimental consequences on crop productivity and the environment, including water runoff, reduced efficiency, deep percolation, waste of energy and resources, crop damage, and increased salinity. Therefore, checking the moisture content of the soil frequently to prevent over-irrigation by visual examination or soil moisture monitors, carefully planning furrows depending on soil type, crop requirements, and topography as well as gathering runoff water and reusing it improved farm irrigation water management in furrow irrigation system to reduce the yield gap and increase water productivity.http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2308-38592024000200103&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=enfurrow irrigation; yield; water productivity; flow rate |
| spellingShingle | Addisu Asefa Mangesha Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance Journal of the Selva Andina Biosphere furrow irrigation; yield; water productivity; flow rate |
| title | Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| title_full | Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| title_fullStr | Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| title_short | Furrow Irrigation system in Ethiopia, a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| title_sort | furrow irrigation system in ethiopia a limitation in the rational use of water in agriculture and its performance |
| topic | furrow irrigation; yield; water productivity; flow rate |
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