Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Climate Challenge on Agrciculture, Murat YILDIRIM,Gökhan ÇAMOĞLU,Arda AKÇAL, Editör, Holistence Publications, Çanakkale, ss.41-52, 2022
Irrigation is
the most important input in agriculture for adequate production. Hence,
irrigated agricultural areas are increasing rapidly. Approximately 30% of Turkey’s
land is used for agricultural production. About 8.5 million hectares is
irrigated technically and economically. As of 2019, 6.65 million hectares of
this area have been opened for irrigation (DSİ, 2022). When evaluated in terms
of water potential, 57 billion m3 of the 112 billion m3
is used and it is estimated that 77% of this is allocated for agriculture. This
will gradually decrease in the coming years due to industry and population
growth as well as global warming. Considering that the annual water potential
per capita is 1322 m3 in today's conditions, it is obvious that the
portion of agriculture will be under pressure in the future. For these reasons,
it will be necessary to adapt the irrigation water used sparingly in
agriculture in accordance with the current conditions. There are two keyways to
save water used in irrigation. The first is to train the farmers, and the
second is to adapt the use of technology in irrigation, including technical and
scientific principles. In this review, the techniques used in irrigation
management are discussed and the role of technology in irrigation is examined
with examples from the studies.