In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, vol. 66, no. 2
Akmal Kh. Karimov - Munir A. Hanjra - Jiří Šimůnek - Botir Abdurakhmannov
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2018, 189 - 201
Kľúčové slová:
HYDRUS-1D; Food security; Crop evapotranspiration; Water budget; Syrdarya River.
URL originálneho zdroja: http://www.ih.sav.sk/jhh
O článku:
The study examines possible water savings by replacing alfalfa with winter wheat in the Fergana Valley,
located upstream of the Syrdarya River in Central Asia. Agricultural reforms since the 1990s have promoted this change
in cropping patterns in the Central Asian states to enhance food security and social benefits. The water use of alfalfa,
winter wheat/fallow, and winter wheat/green gram (double cropping) systems is compared for high-deficit, low-deficit,
and full irrigation scenarios using hydrological modeling with the HYDRUS-1D software package. Modeling results
indicate that replacing alfalfa with winter wheat in the Fergana Valley released significant water resources, mainly by
reducing productive crop transpiration when abandoning alfalfa in favor of alternative cropping systems. However, the
winter wheat/fallow cropping system caused high evaporation losses from fallow land after harvesting of winter wheat.
Double cropping (i.e., the cultivation of green gram as a short duration summer crop after winter wheat harvesting)
reduced evaporation losses, enhanced crop output and hence food security, while generating water savings that make
more water available for other productive uses. Beyond water savings, this paper also discusses the economic and social
gains that double cropping produces for the public within a broader developmental context.
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Karimov, A., Hanjra, M., Šimůnek, J., Abdurakhmannov, B. 2018. Can a change in cropping patterns produce water savings and social gains:
A case study from the Fergana Valley, Central Asia. In Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, vol. 66, no.2, pp. 189-201. 0042-790X (until 2019) .
APA:
Karimov, A., Hanjra, M., Šimůnek, J., Abdurakhmannov, B. (2018). Can a change in cropping patterns produce water savings and social gains:
A case study from the Fergana Valley, Central Asia. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 189-201. 0042-790X (until 2019) .