Economic feasibility of cowpea irrigation in Piaui State/Viabilidade economica do cultivo irrigado do feijao-caupi no Estado do Piaui

The objective of this work was to evaluate the economic feasibility of cowpea irrigation in Piaui State, Brazil. Water balances were carried out on a daily basis using the Thornthwaite and Mather (1955) method, for 165 sites, considering twelve sowings dates and available water capacity in the soil...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Agronomy Vol. 30; no. 1; p. 139
Main Authors: Mousinho, Francisco Edinaldo Pinto, de Andrade Junior, Aderson Soares, Frizzone, Jose Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringa 01-01-2008
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Summary:The objective of this work was to evaluate the economic feasibility of cowpea irrigation in Piaui State, Brazil. Water balances were carried out on a daily basis using the Thornthwaite and Mather (1955) method, for 165 sites, considering twelve sowings dates and available water capacity in the soil of 20, 40 and 60 mm. The net revenues were estimated with a probability of occurrence of 75%, later being spatialized to Piaui State. Cowpea irrigation was shown to economically viable for all sowing dates, irrespective of the available water capacity. Net revenues varied among several regions of the State, in function of the sowing date and available water capacity in the soil. Considering a planning strategy for Piaui State, sowing on February, 1 was shown to be most favorable, because it enabled higher net revenue values, covering larger areas of the State. KEY WORDS: Vigna unguiculata, water balance, geoprocessing. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a viabilidade economica da irrigacao do feijao-caupi no Estado do Piaui. Realizaram-se balancos hidricos de cultivo em escala diaria, utilizando o metodo de Thornthwaite e Mather (1955), para 165 locais, considerando-se 12 datas de semeadura e capacidade de agua disponivel no solo (CAD) de 20, 40 e 60 mm. As receitas liquidas foram estimadas com uma probabilidade de ocorrencia de 75%, sendo posteriormente, especializadas para o Estado do Piaui. O cultivo irrigado do feijao-caupi, no Piaui, mostrou-se economicamente viavel para todas as datas de semeadura, independentemente da CAD utilizada, com as receitas liquidas variando para as diversas regioes do Estado, em funcao da epoca de semeadura e da CAD. Considerando-se uma estrategia de planejamento em nivel estadual, a semeadura em 1° de fevereiro foi a que se mostrou mais favoravel, pois proporcionou a obtencao de maiores valores de receitas liquidas, bem como maiores areas do Estado ocupadas por estas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Vigna unguiculata, balanco hidrico, geoprocessamento.
ISSN:1679-9275