Estimation of Crop Water Requirement for Tomato Plant in Afgoye-Somalia, Using CROPWAT 8.0 Model

Authors : Yasin Mohamed Ibrahim

Pages : 664-670

Doi:10.47115/bsagriculture.1340670

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Publication Date : 2023-11-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Crop water requirement or crop evapotranspiration is a vital parameter for irrigation, and it is necessary to determine the quantity of water to be applied for irrigation and develop an effective irrigation schedule. CROPWAT 8.0, decision-support computer software developed by the United Nations Food Agriculture Organization, is used to calculate crop water requirements. In this paper, the CROPWAT 8.0 model was used to estimate the water requirements of tomato crops in Afgoye. The model estimated that the reference evapotranspiration throughout the year reaches 1927.6 mm and the daily reference evapotranspiration is 5.29 mm. The total annual rainfall reaches 584.0 mm with an effective rainfall of 511.1 mm. The total crop evapotranspiration during the growing period was estimated at 678.2 mm and the total irrigation amount was calculated as 452.3 mm with an effective rainfall of 230.6 mm. During the growing period, the net and gross irrigation reaches 392.9 and 561.3 mm respectively. Field experiments should be conducted in the same season and cropping patterns to validate the accuracy of the crop water requirement prediction.
Keywords : CROPWAT 8 0, Tomato, Crop water requirement, Irrigation scheduling