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Calibration and validation of AquaCrop for irrigated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) in lowland rice systems of southern Laos
1. Calibration & validation
of AquaCrop for
irrigated peanut
(Arachis hypogaea) in
lowland rice systems of
southern Laos
Khov, Vote, Hornbuckle, Inthavong, Oeurng,
Sengxua, Sihathep, Song, Eberbach
2. Increase in rural household income & nutrition
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Vote, C., Newby, J., Phouyyavong, K., Inthavong, T., & Eberbach,
P. (2015). Trends and perceptions of rural household
groundwater use and the implications for smallholder
agriculture in rain-fed Southern Laos. International Journal of
Water Resources Development, 1-17.
doi: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1015071
Agricultural entrepreneurship ‘Pathway
out of poverty’ (World Bank, 2007)
8. Why
AquaCrop??
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Vote, C., Oeurng, C., Ty, S., Phongpacith, C., Inthavong, I.,
Seng, V., Eberbach, P., & Hornbuckle, J. (2015). A comparison
of three empirical models for assessing cropping options in a
data-sparse environment, with reference to Laos and
Cambodia, ACIAR Technical Reports, 30
Photo: L. Sinavong
11. Effect of varying water treatments on DS peanut
production
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Original
W1: -30 kPa
W2: -60kPa
W3: -90kPa
Modified
W1: Mon/Fri
W2: Mon
W3: ~ 10 days
20. Conclusions & further work
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• Satisfactory simulation of canopy cover, biomass & yield production under
well-watered conditions
• Degree of reliability under water-stressed conditions, but should be further
investigated due to ‘cold-snap’ (W2)
• Very poor simulation of soil water
• Further experimentation required to alleviate issues of poor lateral water
movement and/or water monitoring to conduct a thorough evaluation to
improve confidence in recommendations for the farmer.
21. Acknowledgements
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‘Improving water and nutrient
management to enable double cropping
in the rice growing lowlands of Lao PDR
and Cambodia’ [SMCN/2012/071]
http://aciar.gov.au/project/smcn/2012/071