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Irrigation Scheduling with ETo

Irrigation Scheduling with ETo is a water balance pipeline for determining when and how much to irrigate based on reference evapotranspiration (ETo), soil properties, and crop water demand. Standardized by the FAO in the Penman-Monteith equation and widely adopted globally, this method enables efficient water use in irrigated agriculture.

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Sources

  1. Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D., Smith, M., & Higgins, R. B. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration: Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, Rome. link
  2. Hargreaves, G. H., & Samani, Z. A. (1985). Reference crop evapotranspiration from temperature. Applied engineering in agriculture, 1(2), 96-99. DOI: 10.13031/2013.26773

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