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A smartphone application for irrigation scheduling of crops in northwestern India


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1 Department of Management and Geospatial Analysis Center, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2 ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 462 038, India, India
 

Irrigation management helps determine when and how much water must be applied to irrigate crops. A mobile application (app) has been developed for irrigation sche­duling selected crops for the semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan, India. These regions experience extreme temperatures in both the summer and winter months, and erratic rainfall conditions. The app uses the water balance approach to compute the most favourable irrigation cycle for a range of crops for selected locations in the state. It also utilizes meteorological, crop and soil data to derive a daily irrigation schedule for the selected month and location
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Authors

Daniel Simonet
Department of Management and Geospatial Analysis Center, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Ajita Gupta
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 462 038, India, India

Abstract


Irrigation management helps determine when and how much water must be applied to irrigate crops. A mobile application (app) has been developed for irrigation sche­duling selected crops for the semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan, India. These regions experience extreme temperatures in both the summer and winter months, and erratic rainfall conditions. The app uses the water balance approach to compute the most favourable irrigation cycle for a range of crops for selected locations in the state. It also utilizes meteorological, crop and soil data to derive a daily irrigation schedule for the selected month and location

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv123%2Fi7%2F865-873