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Farmers response to water scarcity and salinity in a marginal area of Northern Syria

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Title Farmers response to water scarcity and salinity in a marginal area of Northern Syria
 
Creator Schweers, Wilko
 
Contributor Bruggeman, Adriana
Rieser, Armin
Oweis, Theib
 
Subject dry areas
 
Description Groundwater is an important resource in the dry areas, but often used unsustainably. The objective
of this study was to monitor groundwater use for the irrigation of winter crops in Khanasser
Valley, northwest Syria. The study area lies at the border of the steppe and is marginal for rainfed
agriculture with 209 mm mean annual rainfall. The irrigated area sown to barley (Hordeum
vulgare L.), cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) or wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and Triticum turgidum
L.) was surveyed by GPS. Twenty percent of it was monitored for water-use and productivity. The
average water-use (m³/ha) for different combinations of crops and irrigation methods was: sprinkler barley (949), surface-barley (1447), sprinkler-cumin (273), sprinkler-wheat (1053), and surface wheat (3270).
 
Date 2023-04-20T19:20:06Z
2023-04-20T19:20:06Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228903493_Farmers_response_to_water_scarcity_and_salinity_in_a_marginal_area_of_Northern_Syria
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Wilko Schweers, Adriana Bruggeman, Armin Rieser, Theib Oweis. (31/1/2004). Farmers response to water scarcity and salinity in a marginal area of Northern Syria. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 39 (2), pp. 241-252.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/68310
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Language en
de
 
Rights Copyrighted; Non-commercial educational use only
 
Publisher Springer Verlag (Germany)
 
Source Journal of Applied Irrigation Science;39,(2004) Pagination 241-252