Analysis of irrigation systems and irrigation strategies for durum wheat in Tunisia

• Published in: Agricultural water management Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 19 - 37
• Main Authors: Mailhol, J.C., Zaı̈ri, A., Slatni, A., Ben Nouma, B., El Amani, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.10.2004; Elsevier Science; Elsevier; Elsevier Masson
• Series: Agricultural Water Management
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agronomic efficiency; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; deficit irrigation; durum wheat; Environmental Sciences; equations; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; furrow irrigation; General agronomy. Plant production; grain yield; Irrigation scheduling; Irrigation systems; Irrigation. Drainage; mathematical models; model validation; simulation models; sprinkler irrigation; surface irrigation; Triticum turgidum subsp. durum; Water scarcity; Tunisia; North Africa; Mediterranean Basin; Africa; Irrigation scheduling; Irrigation systems; Agronomic efficiency; Water scarcity; Monocotyledones; Operations research; Triticum durum; Developing countries; Strategic planning; Model study; Scarcity; Modeling; Cereal crop; Engineering; System performance; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Technicoeconomic study; Water engineering; Furrow irrigation; Irrigation network; System analysis; Water resources; Irrigation management; Water use efficiency; Agroclimatology; Regional study; Spermatophyta; Sprinkler irrigation

To help identify an irrigation system and irrigation strategy to improve durum wheat production in the context of water scarcity of Tunisia, the PILOTE (operative water balance and yield estimation) model and the RAIEOPT (furrow irrigation) model are coupled. The first step was to choose the most ef...