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Open Access Article
1 - The Effect of Irrigation Water Salinity and Other Production Factors on Potato Crop yield in Hamadan – Bahar Plain
Moein Sadeghi Seyed Mohsen SeyedanIncreasing agricultural production due to rapid population growth and consequently increasing water demand in recent decades has led to uncontrolled withdrawal and drop in groundwater levels in Hamadan-Bahar plain. This has led to a sustained drop in groundwater level i MoreIncreasing agricultural production due to rapid population growth and consequently increasing water demand in recent decades has led to uncontrolled withdrawal and drop in groundwater levels in Hamadan-Bahar plain. This has led to a sustained drop in groundwater level in the plain and it has caused it to be among the critical plains of the province. This phenomenon has caused water salinity in addition to damage to groundwater resources. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of groundwater salinity on potato yield. In order to investigate the effect of water salinity on potato yield, the yield function of this crop has been estimated. By random sampling method, data used from 119 farms were collected in the 2018-19 crop year and the amount of water salinity has been measured in two steps in the laboratory. Based on the criteria and the test, the production function was selected in the form of a quadratic function for estimating the relationships between variables. The results of this study indicate that with an increase of one unit in the amount of water salinity, the production of this product has decreased by 860 kg. The final productivity of water, seeds and chemical fertilizers are 0.2, 23 and -14, respectively, so, it can be said that potato farmers in Hamedan-Bahar plain use optimum amount of water, seed less than optimum amount and chemical fertilizer more than optimum amount. Manuscript profile
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