Analysis of water footprints of rainfed and irrigated crops in Sudan
Abstract: Water rather than land is the limiting factor for crop production in Sudan. This study attempts to use the water footprint (WFP) and virtual water concepts to account for crops water consumption under the Sudanese rainfed and irrigated conditions. The general average of the green WFP of sorghum and millet were found to be about 7700 and 10700 m3 ton-1, respectively. According to experimental results at three different climates, in-situ rainwater harvesting techniques could reduce the WFP of rainfed sorghum by 56% on the average. The blue component (surface water) shows the highest contribution to the total WFP of irrigated crops: 88% for cotton, 70% for sorghum, 68% for groundnut and 100% for wheat. However, the role of the green water (rainwater) is not marginal since it largely influences the operation and maintenance (silt clearance) of the gravity-fed irrigation system. Under normal conditions, the annual total virtual water demand of sorghum (the dominant food crop in Sudan) i.... https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/JNRD/article/view/658
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Analysis of water footprints of rainfed and irrigated crops in Sudan ; volume:1 ; year:2011
Journal of natural resources and development ; 1 (2011)
- Creator
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Musa Ahmed, Shamseddin
Ribbe , Lars
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10.5027/jnrd.v1i0.03
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022053112093207461498
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Ribbe , Lars
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