Many agricultural fields across the country have a high degree of variability in soil type and water holding capacity that affects irrigation management. One way to overcome problems associated with the field variability for improving irrigation management is to utilize a site-specific irrigation system. This system applies water to match the needs of individual management zones within a field....

Limited precipitation restricts crop yield in the North China Plain, where high level of production depends largely on irrigation. Establishing the optimal irrigation scheduling according to the crop water requirement (CWR) and precipitation is the key factor to achieve rational water use. Precipitation data collected for about 40 years were employed to analyze the long-term trend, and weather ...

water productivity index is one of the main factors in efficient use of water for agricultural products. in this study, the rate of water productivity (wp) in six irrigated tea fields and three rainfed (no irrigation) were assessed by farmer’s management for two years (2009-2010). yield of each tea field in successive harvests, soil moisture monitoring by gravimetric soil and use of water balan...