Abstract
Small-scale vegetable growers need investment and cost guidelines for irrigation systems in order to evaluate the economics and profitability of growing crops with irrigation. Growth, yield, and economics of producing okra and amaranth under four irrigation methods—basin, drip, furrow, and sprinkler—were evaluated. The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, on a sandy loam soil during the dry season. Plant heights and leaf area index were measured at different stages of plant growth; yield was measured at maturity. Fixed and variable costs of all the methods were estimated using results from field experiments and data collected from 50 farms, as well as from the State Agricultural Development Authority. Economic analyses of crop growth under the four methods were carried out. Results indicated that plants receiving drip and sprinkler irrigation had significantly higher yield than furrow and basin for both amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) and okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]. However, drip irrigation had higher water use efficiency than the sprinkler system for both crops; for okra, water use efficiency with furrow irrigation was significantly higher than that for basin irrigation. Partial budgeting indicated that all systems were profitable. However, basin irrigation had the least cost-benefit ratio and drip had the highest. Economic analyses indicated that a minimum of a 2½- and 3-year period would be needed to pay off fixed assets for drip irrigation for amaranth and okra, respectively. It is recommended that drip irrigation be used for production of amaranth and okra, especially where labor is neither readily available nor cheap.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Drip and sprinkler irrigation gave significantly higher okra yield than furrow and basin irrigation.
- Taxon
- okra
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Abelmoschus esculentuse1 - Treatment
- drip and sprinkler irrigatione1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- furrow and basine1
- Setting
- Ile-Ife, Nigeriae2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Results indicated that plants receiving drip and sprinkler irrigation had significantly higher yield than furrow and basin for both amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) and okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]”
e2“The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, on a sandy loam soil during the dry season”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip and sprinkler irrigation gave significantly higher amaranth yield than furrow and basin irrigation.
- Taxon
- amaranth
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Amaranthus caudatuse1 - Treatment
- drip and sprinkler irrigatione1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- furrow and basine1
- Setting
- Ile-Ife, Nigeriae2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Results indicated that plants receiving drip and sprinkler irrigation had significantly higher yield than furrow and basin for both amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) and okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]”
e2“The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, on a sandy loam soil during the dry season”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation had higher water use efficiency than sprinkler irrigation for both okra and amaranth.
- Taxon
- Okra and AmaranthAmaranthus caudatusAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione3
- Outcome
- water use efficiencye3
- Direction
- highere3
- Comparator
- the sprinkler systeme3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Okra and Amaranth Production Under Irrigation”
e3“However, drip irrigation had higher water use efficiency than the sprinkler system for both crops”
Claim · model-written summary
For okra, water use efficiency under furrow irrigation was significantly higher than under basin irrigation.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentuse4
- Treatment
- furrow irrigatione4
- Outcome
- water use efficiencye4
- Direction
- highere4
- Comparator
- basin irrigatione4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“for okra, water use efficiency with furrow irrigation was significantly higher than that for basin irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
All irrigation systems were profitable for okra and amaranth in partial budgeting.
- Taxon
- Okra and AmaranthAmaranthus caudatusAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Outcome
- profitablee5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Okra and Amaranth Production Under Irrigation”
e5“Partial budgeting indicated that all systems were profitable”
Claim · model-written summary
Basin irrigation had the least cost-benefit ratio among the irrigation methods for okra and amaranth.
- Taxon
- Okra and AmaranthAmaranthus caudatusAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- basin irrigatione6
- Outcome
- cost-benefit ratioe6
- Direction
- leaste6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Okra and Amaranth Production Under Irrigation”
e6“basin irrigation had the least cost-benefit ratio and drip had the highest”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation had the highest cost-benefit ratio among the irrigation methods for okra and amaranth.
- Taxon
- Okra and AmaranthAmaranthus caudatusAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- dripe6
- Outcome
- cost-benefit ratioe6
- Direction
- higheste6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Okra and Amaranth Production Under Irrigation”
e6“basin irrigation had the least cost-benefit ratio and drip had the highest”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation needed a minimum of about 2½ years to pay off fixed assets for amaranth.
- Taxon
- amaranthAmaranthus caudatuse7
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione7
- Outcome
- pay off fixed assetse7
- Value
- 2½e7
- Qualifier
- minimume7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Economic analyses indicated that a minimum of a 2½- and 3-year period would be needed to pay off fixed assets for drip irrigation for amaranth and okra, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation needed a minimum of about 3 years to pay off fixed assets for okra.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentuse7
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione7
- Outcome
- pay off fixed assetse7
- Value
- 3-yeare7
- Qualifier
- minimume7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Economic analyses indicated that a minimum of a 2½- and 3-year period would be needed to pay off fixed assets for drip irrigation for amaranth and okra, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation should be used for production of amaranth and okra, especially where labor is scarce or costly.
- Taxon
- amaranth and okraAmaranthus caudatusAbelmoschus esculentuse1
- Outcome
- drip irrigation be used for productione1
- Qualifier
- especially where labor is neither readily available nor cheape1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“It is recommended that drip irrigation be used for production of amaranth and okra, especially where labor is neither readily available nor cheap”
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