A STUDY ON CROP WATER REQUIREMENT FROM THE MANUAL METHOD
Authors/Creators
- 1. Assistant Professors, Department of Civil Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy layout, Bengaluru-560078. Karnataka
- 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, RNSIT, Channasandra Bengaluru, Karnataka
Description
The total quantity of water required by a crop from the instant of sowing till it comes to harvesting is known as water requirement of crop. Crop water requirements are normally expressed by the rate of evapo transpiration (ET) in mm day-1. From an agricultural point of view, ET determines the amount of water to be applied through artificial means. The water required for the crops from field preparation to its harvest using available data with penman method using FAO 56, FAO 25, FAO 24
The area taken for the study is Hunasagi. Hunasagi is a village in the Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka state, India. A number of early Paleolithic sites were found in Hunasagi. Hunasagi is 48 km southwest of the distinct headquarters, Yadgiri. 31 KM from Shorapur. 473 KM from State capital Bangalore.