Irrigation Advisory Service and Performance Indicators in Baixo Acarau Irrigation District, Brazil

Autor(es)

Corcoles, J. I. ^[1] ; Frizzone, J. A. ^[2] ; Lima, S. C. R. V. ^[3] ; Mateos, L. ^[4] ; Neale, C. M. U. ^[5] ; Snyder, R. L. ^[6] ; Souza, F. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Ind Engn Sch UCLM, Campus Univ 02071, Albacete - Spain

^[2] Escola Super Agr Luis Dequeiroz, Piracicaba, Piracicaba - Brazil

^[3] Inst Pesquisa & Inovacao Agr Irrigada, Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

^[4] Inst Agr Sostenible CSIC, Cordoba - Spain

^[5] Utah State Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Logan, UT 84322 - USA

^[6] Univ Calif, Dept Land Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE; v. 65, n. 1, p. 61-72, FEB 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 6

Resumo

Several decision support systems have been developed and many of them are focused on efficient use of water and energy resources. These include the Irrigation Advisory Service, combined with the use of benchmarking techniques and energy audits. In Brazil, the pioneer project called the Irrigation Advisory Service has been developed in Baixo Acarau irrigation district, located in the north-east of Brazil. The main goal of the project is to transfer information about irrigation to farmers. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the Irrigation Advisory Service activities in Baixo Acarau irrigation district, during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 irrigation seasons. Moreover, the results from the estimation of several performance indicators and from energy: audits carried out are shown as a complementary activity developed by the Irrigation Advisory Service. At the beginning of the irrigation season, on-field emission of uniformity was close to 67%. During the following evaluations, after recommendations of the Irrigation Advisory Service about the necessity of corrections to the systems, emission of uniformity reached 85%. With regard to the use of performance indicators, some problems relating to maintenance of equipment were noted, resulting in malfunctioning pumps. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/52207-0 - Rede de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação sobre normalização e qualidade da irrigação e drenagem - REQUAI
• Beneficiário: Jose Antonio Frizzone
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 12/09749-1 - Sensoriamento remoto aplicado ao cadastro de irrigantes e seu uso em ambiente SIG (Sistema de Informação Geográfica)
• Beneficiário: Jose Antonio Frizzone
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisador Visitante - Internacional