Efficient Forecasting of Crop Water Demand

Abstract

Due to growing competition for water and scarcity of water, effective water utilization for agricultural uses is essential. Irrigation technology advancements have aided in the development of irrigation planning approaches that minimize water requirements while having little impact on crop quality and yield, hence boosting food security. Crop water requirements must be estimated while designing agricultural and irrigation activities. The purpose of this study was to assess the water needs for wheat crops[10]. The ET0 and crop coefficient-based crop water requirements, as well as the corresponding irrigation water requirements, can be estimated by analyzing the effective precipitation and crop water requirements. At the CoAgMet station's daily data availability[9], reference evapotranspiration (ETo) was computed using weather information from the maximum and minimum temperatures, average temperature, humidity level, wind speed, solar radiation, and precipitation.