20.500.12556/RUL-189473 Using CROPWAT model for estimating irrigation scheduling of major crops in Amarah Governorate, Eastern Iraq, to promote water sustainability Uporaba modela CROPWAT za ocenjevanje razporeda namakanja glavnih poljščin v governoratu Amarah v vzhodnem Iraku za spodbujanje trajnostnega upravljanja z vodo The FAO-CROPWAT 8.0 model was used to assess the perfect water requirements for crops as well as the irrigation needs for wheat, maize, and rice in the Amarah Governorate, a region located in eastern Iraq. The crops water requirements ranged from 222.1 to 1,127.4 millimeters per decade for wheat, 982.7 to 957.2 millimeters per decade for maize, and 1,469.3 to 1,863.4 millimeters per decade for rice. The results showed that the irrigation water requirement of each crop was the lowest at the initial crop growth and later on it rose when a crop was in the development stage as compared with the other three phases, because of the high value of reference evapotranspiration that occurs during the months that fall within the growing phase. Irrigation scheduling revealed that rice and maize had to be irrigated more frequently than wheat, which is explained by the lower amount of rainfall during the planting period of these crops. Finally, these irrigation scheduling made by CROPWAT helps to reduce water consumption and achieves water sustainability. CROPWAT evapotranspiration sustainability water requirement crops evapotranspiracija trajnost potrebe po vodi pridelki modeli true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-10-07 14:50:56 2026-10-07 14:51:00 2026-10-10 03:35:32 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 10 str. no. 3 Vol. 122 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 631 1854-1941 10.14720/aas.2026.122.3.25920 294099203 Al-BAHATHY+et+al.+(B).pdf Al-BAHATHY+et+al.+(B).pdf 1 62B8ACA7F0988FAE193AC681F8F28528 71eda0d9bfa1cb72df9c20430ef399e40509f3a14b97c4d67cbb785cb18334d2 b990c4b7-c24d-11f1-8bc5-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=250057 https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/25920/22589 1 9d0f9fe8-c24d-11f1-8bc5-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=250056 Biotehniška fakulteta Acta agriculturae Slovenica Acta agriculturae Slovenica 0 0 0