can we able to enhance water productivity under water scarcity?, dr. alaa. z. el bably
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CAN WE ABLE To ENHANCE WATER PRODUCTIVITY UNDER WATER SCARCITY?
Presented by
Dr. Alaa. Z. El Bably
Head of Field Irrigation Division
Agric. Res. Center, Egypt
Workshop
27-29 October 2015, FAO-Egypt, Cairo
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The presentation aimed to raise awareness of the seriousness of the water scarcity issues in the region and about the urgent needs and commitments for regular assessment and monitoring of the current status of water-use efficiency in order to identify practical ways of improving water-use efficiency at the farm levels, as well as in the agriculture sector as a large domain, with a focus at participatory approaches.
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The presentation tackled issues such as the challenges of water scarcity in agriculture
Conceptual issues in water productivity and water-use efficiency, and country-specific experiences with a focus on policies enacted, innovations introduced, good practices, and improving on-farm water use efficiency with the active participation of stakeholders.
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The objectives of this presentation are
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A goal of this approach is to develop
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A goal of this approach is to develop
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The water accounting methodology is based on a water balance approach.
Water balances consider inflow and outflow from field.
Water accounting components at field are inflow, storage change, process depletion, non-process depletion and outflow.
Drainage outflows are often not measured, as more emphasis has been placed on knowledge of inflows to irrigation systems.
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DF net = Depletion / Net flow
DF gross = Depletion / Gross flow
DF available= Depletion / Available
Depleted Fraction (DF) is that part of the inflow that is depleted by both process and non-process uses. Depleted fraction can be defined in terms of net, gross, and available water.
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Productivity of water can be measured against gross or net inflow, depleted water, or process depleted water.
Productivity of water has a boarder basis than water use efficiency.
Productivity of Water (PW) can either be related to the physical mass of production or the economic value of produce per unit volume of water.
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PW inflow = Production / Inflow
PW depleted = Production / Depletion
PW process = Production / Available
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There is a clear difference between 1 kg of wheat and 1 kg of rice produced per mm of water depleted within the same crop rotation
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There is a clear difference between 1 kg of sugar beet/faba bean and 1 kg of clover produced per mm of water depleted within the same crop rotation
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Net inflow and depletion in prevailing crop rotation system are 3765 mm and 2291 mm respectively, which are higher than that of the corresponding figures (3040 mm and 2182 mm respectively) in intercropping rotation.
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The gross and net depletion fractions (DF) are 0.71 and 0.70 higher in the proposed crop rotation compared with prevailing crop rotation.
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Net inflow of rice was 1520 mm greater wheat in prevailing crop rotation than sugar beet /faba bean; maize/ tomato in proposed crop rotation
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Total outflow was higher in prevailing crop than proposed crop rotation (1323vs. 775 mm)
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The proposed crop rotation has the highest total production, about US$19.801 ha-1 compared with US$4.462 ha-1 for a prevailing crop rotation. So, Rotation of intercropping consistently provides higher profit than prevailing crop rotation
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So, we got a higher total production for our water with rotation of intercropping , and used its limited water more efficiently than prevailing crop rotation.
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Therefore, when water is becoming a limiting factor for agriculture, a systems performance indicator rather than a crop performance indicator is needed to determine the optimum crop rotation, water allocation among those crops, and ultimate net return of the cropping system should be.
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The answer is
Yes, we can able to enhance water productivity and improve performance indicators under water scarcity
based on: addressing water balance, crop intensification and economics
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