Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina
Olive cultivation in Argentina has experienced an important expansion based on large-scale development of high density (HD) olive orchards. Intensification has led to yield increases, but, because of the high annual ETo and low rainfall, olive production must rely heavily on irrigation. The aim of t...
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| author | Vita Serman, Facundo Orgaz, Francisco Starobinsky, Gabriela Capraro, Flavio Fereres Castiel, Elías |
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| description | Olive cultivation in Argentina has experienced an important expansion based on large-scale development of high density (HD) olive orchards. Intensification has led to yield increases, but, because of the high annual ETo and low rainfall, olive production must rely heavily on irrigation. The aim of this work was to determine the yield response to variable water supply of a HD, tall olive orchard, and to assess the economic water productivity (WP) of the olive, growing in an environment where the water resource is extremely scarce. During three seasons in an olive orchard (cv. “Arbequina”), we evaluated seven irrigation regimes which supplied 120% (T120), 100%
(T100), 90% (T90), 80% (T80), 70% (T70), 60% (T60) y 40% (T40) of the estimated ETc. After the first year, which was considered of transition, the next two growing seasons exhibited a clear decline in yield in response to the irrigation decline, with the reduction in fruit yield related to both fruit numbers and fruit size. A third degree polynomial function was fitted to treatment averages (R2 = 0.99). The maximum oil production (ca = 3080 kg oil ha-1) was obtained with 860 mm of irrigation. The marginal WP reached a maximum (5.9 kg oil ha-1 mm-1) at 550 mm of irrigation and declined thereafter, reaching zero at 860 mm. In economic terms, the grower achieves
maximum returns (US$ 3140 ha-1) at 850 mm of irrigation. With the cost of water increasing from the present US $ 0.04 m-3 to US$0.24 m-3, the maximum net profit would be reduced by up to 53% (US$ 1476 ha-1), however, it would be achieved at a similar irrigation level (820 mm). If in the near future water scarcity in the region makes it difficult to maintain the present levels of water supply, aimed at maximizing profits, there will be the need to impose restrictions through resource conservation policies to reach an equilibrium between economic, envi ronmental, and sustainability goals. |
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| spelling | INTA98452024-05-21T13:22:22Z Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina Vita Serman, Facundo Orgaz, Francisco Starobinsky, Gabriela Capraro, Flavio Fereres Castiel, Elías Olea europaea Agua Riego Irrigación Deficitaria Funciones de la Producción Production Function Water Irrigation Deficit Irrigation Olivo San Juan, Argentina Olive cultivation in Argentina has experienced an important expansion based on large-scale development of high density (HD) olive orchards. Intensification has led to yield increases, but, because of the high annual ETo and low rainfall, olive production must rely heavily on irrigation. The aim of this work was to determine the yield response to variable water supply of a HD, tall olive orchard, and to assess the economic water productivity (WP) of the olive, growing in an environment where the water resource is extremely scarce. During three seasons in an olive orchard (cv. “Arbequina”), we evaluated seven irrigation regimes which supplied 120% (T120), 100% (T100), 90% (T90), 80% (T80), 70% (T70), 60% (T60) y 40% (T40) of the estimated ETc. After the first year, which was considered of transition, the next two growing seasons exhibited a clear decline in yield in response to the irrigation decline, with the reduction in fruit yield related to both fruit numbers and fruit size. A third degree polynomial function was fitted to treatment averages (R2 = 0.99). The maximum oil production (ca = 3080 kg oil ha-1) was obtained with 860 mm of irrigation. The marginal WP reached a maximum (5.9 kg oil ha-1 mm-1) at 550 mm of irrigation and declined thereafter, reaching zero at 860 mm. In economic terms, the grower achieves maximum returns (US$ 3140 ha-1) at 850 mm of irrigation. With the cost of water increasing from the present US $ 0.04 m-3 to US$0.24 m-3, the maximum net profit would be reduced by up to 53% (US$ 1476 ha-1), however, it would be achieved at a similar irrigation level (820 mm). If in the near future water scarcity in the region makes it difficult to maintain the present levels of water supply, aimed at maximizing profits, there will be the need to impose restrictions through resource conservation policies to reach an equilibrium between economic, envi ronmental, and sustainability goals. EEA San Juan Fil: Vita Serman, Facundo. Universidad Nacional de Chilecito. Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible en el Oasis (IASO); Argentina Fil: Vita Serman, Facundo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Juan; Argentina. Fil: Orgaz, Francisco. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; España Fil: Starobinsky, Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Chilecito. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Jurídicas y Económicas; Argentina. Fil: Capraro, Flavio. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Instituto de Automática (INAUT); Argentina. Fil: Capraro, Flavio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Fereres, Elías. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; España. Fil: Fereres, Elías. University of Cordoba. Department of Agronomy; España 2021-07-20T11:31:46Z 2021-07-20T11:31:46Z 2021-04-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9845 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378377421001438 0378-3774 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106878 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/PNAGUA-1133042/AR./Necesidades de agua de los cultivos y estrategias de riego. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf San Juan .......... (province) (World, South America, Argentina) 1001519 Elsevier Agricultural Water Management 252 : 106878 (2021) |
| spellingShingle | Olea europaea Agua Riego Irrigación Deficitaria Funciones de la Producción Production Function Water Irrigation Deficit Irrigation Olivo San Juan, Argentina Vita Serman, Facundo Orgaz, Francisco Starobinsky, Gabriela Capraro, Flavio Fereres Castiel, Elías Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title | Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_full | Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_short | Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_sort | water productivity and net profit of high density olive orchards in san juan argentina |
| topic | Olea europaea Agua Riego Irrigación Deficitaria Funciones de la Producción Production Function Water Irrigation Deficit Irrigation Olivo San Juan, Argentina |
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