Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model
The development of water demand analysis methodologies to maintain agricultural crops at an optimal production level, in relation to current climate changes, is a necessity for many geographical areas. The methodology used uses CROPWAT 8.0 software, in the desire to highlight for an important agricu...
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| author | Dana Maria (Oprea) Constantin Florentina Iuliana Mincu Daniel Constantin Diaconu Cristina Doina Burada Elena Băltățeanu |
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| description | The development of water demand analysis methodologies to maintain agricultural crops at an optimal production level, in relation to current climate changes, is a necessity for many geographical areas. The methodology used uses CROPWAT 8.0 software, in the desire to highlight for an important agricultural region in Romania the need to optimize the water requirement for winter wheat crops. The methodology used was able to highlight this fact, as major changes are needed in future technological processes in the current context of climate change. Based on the modeling of evapotranspiration, effective precipitation, and irrigation requirements, it was obtained that the winter wheat needs four additional irrigations per year (in April, May, and July). The irrigations at critical depletion led to a 100% efficiency of reducing the harvest deficit, during the middle and late vegetation stages. The irrigation required by winter wheat depends on precipitation efficiency, and it is very important for improving crop yield up to 100%. The obtained results provide a methodological framework, but also concrete information for decision-makers in the field of agriculture. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbd8a68c72374d42a775770222c7647e2025-01-24T13:16:33ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952024-12-011516110.3390/agronomy15010061Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT ModelDana Maria (Oprea) Constantin0Florentina Iuliana Mincu1Daniel Constantin Diaconu2Cristina Doina Burada3Elena Băltățeanu4Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, 1 N. Bălcescu Boulevard, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, 97E București-Ploiești Street, 013686 Bucharest, RomaniaInterdisciplinary Center for Advanced Studies, University of Bucharest, Panduri 90, 050663 Bucharest, RomaniaNational Meteorological Administration—Oltenia Regional Meteorological Centre, Str. Brestei, 3A, 200581 Craiova, Dolj, RomaniaNational Meteorological Administration—Oltenia Regional Meteorological Centre, Str. Brestei, 3A, 200581 Craiova, Dolj, RomaniaThe development of water demand analysis methodologies to maintain agricultural crops at an optimal production level, in relation to current climate changes, is a necessity for many geographical areas. The methodology used uses CROPWAT 8.0 software, in the desire to highlight for an important agricultural region in Romania the need to optimize the water requirement for winter wheat crops. The methodology used was able to highlight this fact, as major changes are needed in future technological processes in the current context of climate change. Based on the modeling of evapotranspiration, effective precipitation, and irrigation requirements, it was obtained that the winter wheat needs four additional irrigations per year (in April, May, and July). The irrigations at critical depletion led to a 100% efficiency of reducing the harvest deficit, during the middle and late vegetation stages. The irrigation required by winter wheat depends on precipitation efficiency, and it is very important for improving crop yield up to 100%. The obtained results provide a methodological framework, but also concrete information for decision-makers in the field of agriculture.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15/1/61winter wheatcropevapotranspirationirrigationCROPWAT modelRomania |
| spellingShingle | Dana Maria (Oprea) Constantin Florentina Iuliana Mincu Daniel Constantin Diaconu Cristina Doina Burada Elena Băltățeanu Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model Agronomy winter wheat crop evapotranspiration irrigation CROPWAT model Romania |
| title | Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model |
| title_full | Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model |
| title_fullStr | Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model |
| title_short | Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model |
| title_sort | water management in wheat farming in romania simulating the irrigation requirements with the cropwat model |
| topic | winter wheat crop evapotranspiration irrigation CROPWAT model Romania |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15/1/61 |
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