Improved on-farm irrigation management for olive growing

摘要：

　　The key success factors of the olive oil market are the enhancement and stabilization of olive yields,improvement of olive oil quality and reduction of production costs.There is great potential for water saving in olive production in Morocco and Syria.The main purpose of this four year(2010-2014)study is to enhance crop yields of smallholder olive farmers in two Mediterranean countries-Morocco and Syria,through the optimization of water management practices applied to olive cultivation.Due to the sufficiency of rainfall in Syria for growing olives,the study investigates the effect of supplemental irrigation in increasing and stabilizing yield,whereas in Morocco the low rainfall allows only irrigated olive cultivation and so the study investigates the effects of deficit irrigation in reducing water consumption without adversely affecting the olive yield.Results indicate that adding 230 mm(@ 100%of crop water requirement)supplemental irrigation led to as much as 175%increase in olive yields in Syria,and in Morocco,adding water at 70%of ETc led to 63-77%saving in water compared to flood irrigation along with 13-43%increase in yield.

作者: N.El Jouni L.Sikaoui H.Boulal M.Karrou V.Nangia

作者单位: General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (Syria) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique(Morocco) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas(Jordan/Morocco)

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 11th International Conference on Development of Drylands(第十一届国际干旱区大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 398-405

在线出版日期: 2013-03-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）