Assessing potential yields of selected vegetables and evaluating alternate management practices to improve Qatar’s food security

A. K. S. Huda; A. I. Issaka; S. Kaitibie; M. M. Haq; K. Abdella; P. W. Moody; A. T. Moustafa; I. Goktepe; K. J. Coughlan; M. Pollanen; N. Vock

Assessing potential yields of selected vegetables and evaluating alternate management practices to improve Qatar’s food security

A. K. S. Huda, A. I. Issaka, S. Kaitibie, M. M. Haq, K. Abdella, P. W. Moody, A. T. Moustafa, I. Goktepe, K. J. Coughlan, M. Pollanen, N. Vock

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Improving and sustaining Qatar’s food security situation has remained a significant concern to the government of the country. This paper carried simulation yields of squash, using a FAO software (AquaCrop), and utilizing a 30-year climate information, with different values of water productivity; and compares them with measured yields from some Qatari farmers and from an Agricultural institute SAIC). The farmers’ total yield for squash over two cycles was 16 t/ha; The SAIC farms reported a total squash yield of 30 t/ha. With efficient water, light and nutrient management practices, the simulated yield for squash was higher than the SAIC value.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-19
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chronicle of Bioresource Management
Volume	1
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

food security
squashes
water efficiency
crops and climate
Qatar

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Assessing potential yields of selected vegetables and evaluating alternate management practices to improve Qatar’s food security

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