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Optimum Water Requirements for the Commercial Production of Lucerne
in Khartoum State
Ibrahiem Mohamed Ahmed Saeed, Abdel Rahman Mohamed El Amin, Mohamed
Ahmed Mansour, El Amin El Hag Abdeen and Abd El Mohsin Hassan 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 to 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.
This paper is a joint contribution of five researchers who worked during
the last thirty years. The objective of this series of experiments is to
maximize income from irrigation water at the farm level for the
production of lucerne which is the main leguminous fodder crop in
Khartoum State. The final goal is to:
(1) Establish an all-year-round irrigation schedule in which the varying
amounts and intervals are identified.
2) 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 Monteith Model
which was recommended by F.A.O 1984.
Proceedings of the Meetings of the National Crop Husbandry Committee 39th (2005) pp. 126-138
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