Optimization of Water Consumption Distribution Based on Crop Suitability in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Distributed Crop Water Consumption Model
- (a)
- Calculation of for Each Weather Station
- (b)
- Interpolation of and Meteorological Variables in the Entire Heihe River Basin
- (c)
- Screening of the Main Influencing Factors of Crop Water Consumption
- (d)
- Obtention of the Distributed Crop Water Consumption Model over Time
- (e)
- Consideration of Water Deficit in Distributed Crop Water Consumption Model
2.2. The Crop Suitability
2.3. The Optimization Model
2.4. Study Area and Data
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Distributed Crop Water Consumption Model
3.2. Crop Suitability
3.3. Optimization of Planting Pattern in Different Hydrological Years
3.4. Comparative Advantages
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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March | April | May | June | July | August | September | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wheat | 0.594 | 0.812 | 1.336 | 1.665 | 1.739 | / | / |
Maize | / | 0.418 | 0.483 | 0.723 | 1.211 | 1.377 | 1.562 |
Item | Yield (y) (kg/ha) | Cost Price (c) ($/ha) | Market Price (v) ($/kg) | ) (104 ha) | Irrigation Water Use Efficiency (λ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wheat | 6373.5 | 888.46 | 0.38 | 1.2 | 0.53 |
Maize | 8196 | 888.46 | 0.33 | 1.0 | |
Seed Corn | 8196 | 1776.92 | 0.62 | 6.4 |
Item | Dry Year | Normal Year | Wet Year |
---|---|---|---|
Agricultural available water (108 m3) | 9.39 | 9.92 | 10.45 |
Effective rainfall in wheat growth period (mm) | 40.0 | 64.3 | 80.1 |
Effective rainfall in maize growth period (mm) | 82.6 | 102.8 | 125.5 |
Index | Crops | Dry Year | Normal Year | % | Wet Year | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (104 ha) | Wheat | 1.20 | 1.20 | - | 1.20 | - |
Maize | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |
Seed Corn | 12.54 | 13.21 | 5.34 | 13.84 | 10.37 | |
Total | 14.74 | 15.41 | 4.54 | 16.04 | 8.82 | |
Net Income (104 $) | Wheat | 373.43 | 368.22 | −1.40 | 366.99 | −1.73 |
Maize | 691.03 | 691.03 | 0 | 691.03 | 0 | |
Seed Corn | 45,805.25 | 48,107.89 | 5.03 | 50,363.88 | 9.95 | |
Total | 46,869.70 | 49,167.14 | 4.90 | 51,421.90 | 9.71 | |
Total water consumption (108 m3) | 6.57 | 6.64 | 1.07 | 7.27 | 10.65 | |
Net income per unit area ($/ha) | 3179.76 | 3190.60 | 0.34 | 3205.85 | 0.82 | |
Unilateral water benefits ($/m3) | 0.71 | 0.74 | 3.66 | 0.71 | −0.86 |
Index | Crops | Present | Strategy I | % | Strategy II | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (104 ha) | Wheat | 1.29 | 1.29 | - | 1.20 | −6.97 |
Maize | 1.20 | 1.20 | - | 1.00 | −16.67 | |
Seed Corn | 6.40 | 6.40 | - | 6.69 | 4.53 | |
Total | 8.89 | 8.89 | - | 8.89 | - | |
Net Income (104 $) | Wheat | 1947.83 | 2100.85 | 7.86 | 1941.71 | −0.31 |
Maize | 2187.03 | 2269.75 | 3.78 | 1855.96 | −15.14 | |
Seed Corn | 20,907.32 | 28,423.71 | 35.95 | 29,498.38 | 41.09 | |
Total | 25,042.18 | 32,794.31 | 30.96 | 33,296.05 | 32.96 | |
Total water consumption (108 m3) | 4.30 | 4.63 | 7.67 | 4.61 | 7.21 | |
Net income per unit area ($/ha) | 2816.89 | 3688.90 | 30.96 | 3745.34 | 32.96 | |
Unilateral water benefits ($/m3) | 0.58 | 0.71 | 21.37 | 0.72 | 23.75 |
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He, L.; Wang, S.; Peng, C.; Tan, Q. Optimization of Water Consumption Distribution Based on Crop Suitability in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2119. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072119
He L, Wang S, Peng C, Tan Q. Optimization of Water Consumption Distribution Based on Crop Suitability in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River. Sustainability. 2018; 10(7):2119. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072119
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Liuyue, Sufen Wang, Congcong Peng, and Qian Tan. 2018. "Optimization of Water Consumption Distribution Based on Crop Suitability in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River" Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2119. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072119