Title: PERFORMANCE OF LOCALLY DEVELOPED SURFACE IRRIGATION IN SUGARCANE PRODUCTION.
Abstract: The experimental fieldwork was conducted in sugarcane production areas in Upper- Egypt as Qena and Aswan Governorates. The objectives of this work were studying the performance of developed surface irrigation system (DSIS) in different areas with different dimensions by using local components. The performance indicators were, land losses, amount of irrigation water, irrigation time, fuel consumption and capital investment. The tested areas were about 5, 10, 20 and 35 feddans, each with different dimensions in three cases, since the field length is the effective parameter. The results indicated that by using developed surface irrigation system: 1- The saved agricultural land through different treatments ranged from about 6% to 12 % which were occupied by the channels and ridges. 2 - Applied irrigation water was decreased and the savings ranged from 30.54% to 37.37% under different treatments compared with traditional irrigation system. Data also showed that the applied water increased with increasing field length. It ranged from 7120 to 8132 m 3 /fed/year, while in case of traditional irrigation system (TIS) it ranged from 10250 to 12974 m 3 /fed/year. 3 - The irrigation time decreased by decreasing field length by 28% to 38.82% under different treatments compared with traditional irrigation system. 4 - The same trend was shown for the fuel consumption of pumping units in case of the developed surface irrigation system. It was saved by 27.27% to 34.70%. 5 - The capital investment using the developed surface irrigation system increased by increasing field length and decreased area.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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