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Comparison Of Irrigation Performance Based On The Basin, Crop Pattern, And Scheme Sizes Using External Indicators, Hasan Merdun
Comparison Of Irrigation Performance Based On The Basin, Crop Pattern, And Scheme Sizes Using External Indicators, Hasan Merdun
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
A comparative assessment allows screening of irrigation systems based on the key issues relative to performance and indicates where improvements should be made, such as in type of management, infrastructure, crop pattern and intensity, and system size. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of 239 irrigation schemes (57 DSI-operated and 182 transferred to Irrigation Associations) based on the basin, crop pattern, and scheme sizes using 6 external indicators for 2001. The basins that grow mostly orchard and industrial crops have higher output per unit land and water than that of the basins that mostly grow cereals. …