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Optimizing Use of Water for Cotton Production using Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation scheduling Technique in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan

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Title Optimizing Use of Water for Cotton Production using Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation scheduling Technique in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
 
Creator Mukhamedjanov, Shukhrat
 
Contributor Mukhamedjanov, Azamat
Yuldashev, Tulkun
Dukhovny, Victor
 
Subject Cotton
 
Description Irrigated agriculture is the backbone of Central Asian economies and efficient irrigation management is of crucial importance to the sustainable crop production. The ET-based irrigation scheduling method has potential to replace subjective daily water management decisions at Water Users Association level with crop water demand-based decisions to improve on-farm water-use efficiency. Results from a two year study conducted in Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan showed that there can be a 25-34% saving of water without any significant change in yield when irrigation is applied using the ET-based scheduling method. The pilot plots are representative of 38% of irrigated area in Fergana Valley (241,407 ha). If this methodology is widely adopted by the WUAs, large amounts of water can be saved which can be diverted for horizontal expansion of agriculture or for other purposes such as supporting ecosystem services.
 
Date 2016-12-18
2017-01-16T11:14:32Z
2017-01-16T11:14:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://www.cazri.res.in/annals/2016/2016SD-12.pdf
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/W4BFs0G3
Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov, Azamat Mukhamedjanov, Tulkun Yuldashev, Victor Dukhovny. (18/12/2016). Optimizing Use of Water for Cotton Production using Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation scheduling Technique in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. Annals of Arid Zone, 55 ((3&4)), pp. 165-172.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5500
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Arid Zone Research Association of India
 
Source Annals of Arid Zone;55 ,(2016) Pagination 165,172