Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, Adama, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research   
  Comparison of Measured and Estimated Sugarcane Water Requirement under Arid and Semi-Arid Climatic Condition: The Case of Wonji Shoa Sugarcane Plantation, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Belay Yadeta*, Mekonen Ayana, Muluneh Yitayew and Tilahun Hordofa
  
  Sugarcane is one of the most important commercial crops cultivated mostly on the large scale basis all over the world from arid to semi-arid climate condition like Ethiopia. Wonji shoa sugarcane plantation was the first large scale irrigation in Ethiopia. But sugarcane crop is the most water intensive crop that requires critical determination of its evapotranspiration. Determination of crop evapotranspiration is more accurate through experiment but experiment was not mostly undertaken due to high cost, lack of instruments and laboratory facilities, and time it required. But to overcome those problems, some models were developed as an option in determining the crop evapotranspiration. In line with this, the current study focused on the performance evaluation of sugarcane evapotranspiration determined by different models as compared to the lysimeter experiment under study area. The main.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2168-9768.2021.10.256

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