Evaluation of Agricultural Water Use: A Case Study for Kizilirmak Basin

ÇAKMAK B., KENDİRLİ B., UÇAR Y.

JOURNAL OF TEKIRDAG AGRICULTURE FACULTY-TEKIRDAG ZIRAAT FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.175-185, 2007 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF TEKIRDAG AGRICULTURE FACULTY-TEKIRDAG ZIRAAT FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-185
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Kizilirmak Basin, gross production value, relative water supply, irrigation ratio
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Water is not only a renewable source but also a limited substance. Population growth and development in industry bring about competition among the sectors of water use. Agriculture has the largest rate of water use among the sectors. Most of irrigation schemes cannot be operated efficiently due to management, operation and maintenance problems. Since the farmers irrigate crops based on physical observations of plants, applied irrigation water and irrigation interval are not based on any technical criteria. Also, since water fees cannot be calculated based on amount of water used, it leads excessive water use. A certain land area becomes unavailable for agricultural purposes due to soil salinity and excessive water use. For these reasons, the issues of efficient water use and irrigation performance evaluation are the most critical issues in water use evaluation studies.