Irrigation Sciences and Engineering

Irrigation Sciences and Engineering

Determining the proposed cropping pattern Major crops using the water, energy and food index (case study: Irrigation and Drainage Network of Varamin Plain)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 Master student of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Aburaihan Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Department, Aburihan Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Tehran, Iran (
Abstract
With the increase in the world population, access to sufficient food, sufficient water and energy resources has become the most important global challenge and concern in recent decades. Providing sufficient food has caused significant pressure on water and energy resources. Agriculture, as the largest source of food production, is the most important consumer of water and energy, so a balance must be created between consumption and production. In this study, six indicators of water consumption, energy consumption, water mass productivity, energy productivity, water economic productivity, energy economic productivity and finally the Water, Energy, Food (WEF) index were used to determine the proposed cultivation pattern of five important agricultural crops of the Varamin irrigation network in the crop year (2020-2021). The results of data analysis showed that the calculated WEF for wheat, barley, alfalfa, fodder corn and rapeseed were 0.28, 0.32, 0.11, 0.87 and 0.33 respectively, with fodder corn having the highest and alfalfa having the lowest index. Considering the overall WEF index, a cropping pattern was proposed for the crops of the Varamin irrigation network. Considering the proposed cropping pattern, the cultivated area of ​​alfalfa, wheat and barley decreased and the cultivated area of ​​rapeseed and fodder corn increased.
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Volume 48, Issue 3
Autumn 2025
Pages 109-123

  • Receive Date 27 July 2024
  • Revise Date 10 November 2024
  • Accept Date 12 November 2024
  • Publish Date 05 November 2025