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Crop Water Information

This section presents information about individual crops, their crop water requirement, yield response to water; and bibliographic database on crop water productivity.

Crops

Click on a crop name to obtain information related to water management of the crop.

Beverage and stimulant crops

Tobacco

Cereal crops

Maize | Rice (paddy) | Sorghum | Wheat

Fibrecrops

Cotton

Fodder crops

Alfalfa

Fruit crops

Banana | Citrus | Grape | Pineapple

Oil and protein crops

Groundnut | Olive | Safflower | Soybean | Sunflower | Bean | Pea

Root crops

Potato

Sugar crops

Sugar Beet | Sugar Cane

Vegetable crops

Cabbage | Onions | Pepper | Tomato | Watermelon

 
Research Database

Bibliographic information about the crop water productivity obtained from different sources and databases is compiled in the research database. This database is searchable according to crop, country or both. To consult the database follow this link: Bibliographic database

Links to the following databases allow to search crop based information in other databases:

Ecocrop allows searching the plants best suited for your soil and climate. It also permits the identification of plant species for defined uses.

WCA InfoNET is an Internet-based integrated information platform which merges high quality information resources and expertise allowing direct access to publications, documents, data, computer programs and discussion groups which provide a knowledge base, support and the necessary global platform for decisions on water conservation and use in agriculture.

FAOSTAT on-line multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics

   
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