The average annual rainfall of Turkey is almost 643mm. However, it is almost 350-500mm in Central... more The average annual rainfall of Turkey is almost 643mm. However, it is almost 350-500mm in Central and South-East Anatolia Regions. The annual lowest rainfall occurs in Salt Lake as 250-300 mm and Karapınar Provinces of Konya in that both are arid areas of Turkey. In recently, rainfall is far from the average of long term annual meteorological records in Central. Water is vitally important for arid and semi-arid regions for higher crop yield. In such regions, it is almost impossible crop production without irrigation in summer season. In Konya Province of Turkey, every year, new irrigation wells are built for due to the insufficient surface water resources. Most of them were not legal so, the distance between wells is very low and every year groundwater level decreases. Surface irrigation methods are very widely used although irrigation efficiency is lower in Turkey. In some parts, pressurized irrigation methods have been used for sustainable irrigation and environment.
Rural development has been the one of the imprtant issues for Turkey since Turkish Republic found... more Rural development has been the one of the imprtant issues for Turkey since Turkish Republic found. This issue stil keeps its importance for Turkish Republic which effort to harmonise its Agricultural Policy to the Europian Union Common Agricultural Policy. The 45 % of Turkish population stil live in rural are. Also, agriculture which is the main activity of rural population have many structurel problems. For example; small size family farming is common farming type in Turkey, the farming area size are small, farming land are constituted from different plots, the farming activities are not profi table and also not effi cient, intence pressure of population on the natural resources, etc. Beside, rural population have some social problems. For example; lack of health and education services, low education level, decline of youth population, immigration to the cities, woman and children probles, etc. Turkish culture come in to being from different cultures hence, many civilization lived ...
International Journal of Sustainable Water and Environmental Systems, 2010
ABSTRACT Performance evaluation of irrigation has been an important area of research for better m... more ABSTRACT Performance evaluation of irrigation has been an important area of research for better management of water resources. The present study was carried out to evaluate the performance of pressurized irrigation systems by using the previous researches conducted by our team in the Konya Basin of Turkey. The uniformity coefficient, UC and distribution uniformity, DU, as a performance parameter were analyzed. The average UC and DU values for drip irrigated areas were 80.9% and 68.9%, respectively. These values for sprinkler irrigated lands were 86.8% and 79.9%, respectively. The overall result showed that both UC and DU values were lower in drip irrigation than sprinkler irrigation. In general, sprinkler irrigation system has been applied for a long time while drip irrigation system has been used only recent years in Konya Closed Basin so low uniformity in drip irrigation system might be attributed to the poor experience of farmers especially about management and maintenance. It can be concluded that pressurized irrigation systems are efficient irrigation methods and should be widely used in agriculture especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world under good management for sustainable water resources use.
The average annual rainfall of Turkey is almost 643mm. However, it is almost 350-500mm in Central... more The average annual rainfall of Turkey is almost 643mm. However, it is almost 350-500mm in Central and South-East Anatolia Regions. The annual lowest rainfall occurs in Salt Lake as 250-300 mm and Karapınar Provinces of Konya in that both are arid areas of Turkey. In recently, rainfall is far from the average of long term annual meteorological records in Central. Water is vitally important for arid and semi-arid regions for higher crop yield. In such regions, it is almost impossible crop production without irrigation in summer season. In Konya Province of Turkey, every year, new irrigation wells are built for due to the insufficient surface water resources. Most of them were not legal so, the distance between wells is very low and every year groundwater level decreases. Surface irrigation methods are very widely used although irrigation efficiency is lower in Turkey. In some parts, pressurized irrigation methods have been used for sustainable irrigation and environment.
Rural development has been the one of the imprtant issues for Turkey since Turkish Republic found... more Rural development has been the one of the imprtant issues for Turkey since Turkish Republic found. This issue stil keeps its importance for Turkish Republic which effort to harmonise its Agricultural Policy to the Europian Union Common Agricultural Policy. The 45 % of Turkish population stil live in rural are. Also, agriculture which is the main activity of rural population have many structurel problems. For example; small size family farming is common farming type in Turkey, the farming area size are small, farming land are constituted from different plots, the farming activities are not profi table and also not effi cient, intence pressure of population on the natural resources, etc. Beside, rural population have some social problems. For example; lack of health and education services, low education level, decline of youth population, immigration to the cities, woman and children probles, etc. Turkish culture come in to being from different cultures hence, many civilization lived ...
International Journal of Sustainable Water and Environmental Systems, 2010
ABSTRACT Performance evaluation of irrigation has been an important area of research for better m... more ABSTRACT Performance evaluation of irrigation has been an important area of research for better management of water resources. The present study was carried out to evaluate the performance of pressurized irrigation systems by using the previous researches conducted by our team in the Konya Basin of Turkey. The uniformity coefficient, UC and distribution uniformity, DU, as a performance parameter were analyzed. The average UC and DU values for drip irrigated areas were 80.9% and 68.9%, respectively. These values for sprinkler irrigated lands were 86.8% and 79.9%, respectively. The overall result showed that both UC and DU values were lower in drip irrigation than sprinkler irrigation. In general, sprinkler irrigation system has been applied for a long time while drip irrigation system has been used only recent years in Konya Closed Basin so low uniformity in drip irrigation system might be attributed to the poor experience of farmers especially about management and maintenance. It can be concluded that pressurized irrigation systems are efficient irrigation methods and should be widely used in agriculture especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world under good management for sustainable water resources use.
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