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Optimum Water Requirements for the Commercial Production of Fodder
Sorghum and Fodder Maize in Khartoum State
Ibrahiem M. A. Saeed , Mohamed S. Saeed, Mohamed A. Mansour and Abdel
Mohsin H. El Nadi
Introduction:
Khartoum state is an important area for fodder production to satisfy the
requirements of increasing animal numbers for meat and dairy products,
the demand for which is continuously increasing due the normal
population growth and mass immigration of rural communities to the
capital towns and other settlements. In addition to this, a remarkable
activity for cattle and sheep for export has resulted in increasing the
area of fodder crops. Irrigation cost and management, no doubt, plays an
important role for the production of fodder crops. Efficient utilization
of the land and water resources will therefore be reflected directly to
the interest of the farmer, the consumer, and also to the interest of
export trade. The objective of this work is to maximize returns from
irrigation water at the farm level for the production of fodder sorghum
and fodder maize in Khartoum state. The final goal is establish an
all-year round irrigation schedule in which the varying amounts and
intervals of irrigation are identified and to extend the use of the
F.A.O model (1984) by including the variations in the available water
holding capacity of different soils, so that the irrigation interval can
be added to the original Penman Montieth Model which was recommended by
F.A.O 1984
A series of experiments started since 1975 and continued to 2005, to
give complementary information relating crop productivity to irrigation
level and variation in climate.
Proceedings of the Meetings of the National Crop Husbandry Committee 39th (2005) pp. 105-125
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