Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region

In water stressed regions such as the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, increasing Crop Water Productivity (CWP) is imperative for sustainable food and water security. This paper presents CWP of Teff (Eragrostic Tef), a staple food in Ethiopia and an important export crop. Field experiments were cond...

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Autores principales: Yihun, Y.M., Haile, A.M., Schultz, B., Erkossa, Teklu
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40328
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author Yihun, Y.M.
Haile, A.M.
Schultz, B.
Erkossa, Teklu
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Haile, A.M.
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Erkossa, Teklu
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description In water stressed regions such as the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, increasing Crop Water Productivity (CWP) is imperative for sustainable food and water security. This paper presents CWP of Teff (Eragrostic Tef), a staple food in Ethiopia and an important export crop. Field experiments were conducted under irrigated agriculture during the dry seasons in the periods: 1) November 2010 to March 2011; and 2) December 2011 to April, 2012 at Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre in Ethiopia. Teff crop was irrigated at sixteen different water application depths ranging from 100 to 25 % of the optimum Crop Water Evapotranspiration (ETc.) during the four growing stages, the initial, development, mid season and late season. The effect of seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha on lodging and yield of the crop was also determined. The main results were: 1) At 25 % deficit irrigation applied for the whole growth period, Teff CWP was the highest at 1.16 and 1.08 kg/m3 respectively for the seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha; 2) the CWP slightly decreased to 1.12 and 1.07 kg/m3 when the 25 % deficit was applied during the late season stage; 3) the crop yield response factor (Ky) of 1.09 and 1.19 was obtained for seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha respectively; the equivalent biomass response factor (Ky) was less at 0.88 and 0.96 respectively.
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spelling CGSpace403282025-06-17T08:24:00Z Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region Yihun, Y.M. Haile, A.M. Schultz, B. Erkossa, Teklu crop production water productivity water stress water deficit irrigation water eragrostis tef evapotranspiration biomass soil moisture In water stressed regions such as the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, increasing Crop Water Productivity (CWP) is imperative for sustainable food and water security. This paper presents CWP of Teff (Eragrostic Tef), a staple food in Ethiopia and an important export crop. Field experiments were conducted under irrigated agriculture during the dry seasons in the periods: 1) November 2010 to March 2011; and 2) December 2011 to April, 2012 at Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre in Ethiopia. Teff crop was irrigated at sixteen different water application depths ranging from 100 to 25 % of the optimum Crop Water Evapotranspiration (ETc.) during the four growing stages, the initial, development, mid season and late season. The effect of seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha on lodging and yield of the crop was also determined. The main results were: 1) At 25 % deficit irrigation applied for the whole growth period, Teff CWP was the highest at 1.16 and 1.08 kg/m3 respectively for the seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha; 2) the CWP slightly decreased to 1.12 and 1.07 kg/m3 when the 25 % deficit was applied during the late season stage; 3) the crop yield response factor (Ky) of 1.09 and 1.19 was obtained for seeding rates of 25 kg/ha and 10 kg/ha respectively; the equivalent biomass response factor (Ky) was less at 0.88 and 0.96 respectively. 2013-06 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z 2014-06-13T14:47:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40328 en Limited Access Springer Yihun, Y. M.; Haile, A. M.; Schultz, B.; Erkossa, Teklu. 2013. Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region. Water Resources Management, 27(8):3115-3125. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-013-0336-x
spellingShingle crop production
water productivity
water stress
water deficit
irrigation water
eragrostis tef
evapotranspiration
biomass
soil moisture
Yihun, Y.M.
Haile, A.M.
Schultz, B.
Erkossa, Teklu
Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title_full Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title_fullStr Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title_full_unstemmed Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title_short Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
title_sort crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region
topic crop production
water productivity
water stress
water deficit
irrigation water
eragrostis tef
evapotranspiration
biomass
soil moisture
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