Zaria Crop ET and Irrigation DSS
399.1 mm net seasonal irrigation, water balance closes to 0.1 mm
ProblemFarmers around Zaria need to know how much water to apply and when, but the standard evapotranspiration and soil-water balance calculations live scattered across spreadsheets, published tables and disconnected scripts, with nothing that turns today's weather into a specific, farm-sized irrigation schedule.
SolutionA single desktop application that runs ten ET equations, a trained thermal model, and a daily soil-water balance simulation together, then generates a real irrigation schedule, compares four delivery methods for the farm's own area, and produces a full Word report.
ImpactFor a real 3-hectare sample farm: 399.1 mm of net seasonal irrigation across 32 scheduled events, drip irrigation recommended, and the full seasonal water balance verified closed to within 0.1 mm.
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