Daily irrigation amount for tomatoes, leafy vegetables and rice as practiced in the Bongo and Vea Irrigation Schemes in the Upper East region of Ghana_2014-2016

Amount of irrigation water diverted to farms measured at farm inlet. The are data collected based on current practice by farmers in the Bongo Irrigation Scheme and the Vea Irrigation Schemes for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 dry seasons.

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Date (Publication)
2016-01-19
Presentation form
Digital table
Purpose
Data is meant for the calculation of irrigation water demand for the different crops.
Credit
Michael Tikaah and Francis Ayine, WASCAL, Bolgatanga, Upper East region, Ghana
Status
On going
Originator
  Center for Development Research (ZEF) - Ephraim Sekyi-Annan ( Doctoral Student )
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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  • irrigation
  • irrigation farming
  • vegetable
  • vegetable cultivation
Theme
  • dry season irrigation
  • irrigation water demand
Region
  • Ghana
Place
  • Bongo district
Access constraints
Copyright
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
Will be available after publication of the thesis. In case of urgent requests please contact the originator
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Farming
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Begin date
2014-12-17
Supplemental Information
Depth of irrigation water in mm
Distribution format
  • Comma Separated Values ( )

Distributor

Distributor
  Center for Development Research (ZEF) - Ephraim Sekyi-Annan
Planned available datetime
2017-10-01
Ordering instructions
Data will be available after thesis publication but for special cases, please, contact the originator for a discussion.
OnLine resource
File to download ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

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Protocol
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Dataset
Statement
Pipes and water gauges were installed at the farm inlets to measure the amount of water flowing into the cropping field during irrigation. The duration of irrigation was also recorded.
Source
Source
File identifier
e286c119-9fb5-4560-a10a-3c06d10258be XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2017-05-12T16:12:30
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Author
  Center for Development Research (ZEF) - Ephraim Sekyi-Annan ( Doctoral Student )
 
 

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Keywords

dry season irrigation irrigation water demand
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
irrigation irrigation farming vegetable vegetable cultivation

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