ASSESSMENT OF IRRIGATION EFFICIENCIES UNDER CENTRAL ANATOLIA CONDITIONS

• Main Authors: Yusuf Ersoy Yildirim, İsmail Taş, İlhan Çakmak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Universitatii din Pitesti 2016-12-01
• Series: Current Trends in Natural Sciences
• Subjects: Groundwater; IRSIS; irrigation scheduling; irrigation cooperative
• Online Access: https://www.upit.ro/_document/11957/paper_13.pdf

Turkey is located within semi-arid climate zone and large portion of the country experience water deficits. Thus, efficient water use has become a significand issue in agricultural practices. Current global warming and climate change have aggravated such deficiencies. Konya province is located right at the center of Central Anatolia region and mostly groundwater is used in irrigations. Excessive groundwater withdrawals drop groundwaters levels and also increase energy costs. Although farmers pay quite high sums for energy, they were not using water efficiently and thus were not able to get desired benefits from the irrigations. In this study, irrigation practices of an irrigation cooperative were assessed and compared with optimum irrigation programs created through IRSIS irrigation scheduling software. It was concluded that all irrigation practices of the region were wrong and way behind the optimum ones.