With the current water shortage in Eastern Africa, improving crop water use is vital especially
in the arid and semi-arid regions of Ethiopia. To understand the response of barley
(Hordeum vulgare) to water and to simulate the biomass and grain yield of barley under
various water inputs and planting dates, we tested the FAO AquaCrop model versions 3.0
using independent data sets during the cropping seasons of 2006, 2008 and 2009 at
Mekelle in northern Ethiopia. The model was found to be valid in simulating barley biomass …

With the current water shortage in East Africa improving crop water use is vital especially in
the arid and semi-arid regions of Ethiopia. To understand the response of barley to water
and to simulate the biomass and grain yield of barley under various water inputs and
planting dates, we tested the FAO AquaCrop model versions 3.0 using independent data
sets during the cropping seasons of 2006, 2008 and 2009 at Mekelle site in northern
Ethiopia. We found that the model is valid to simulate the barley biomass and grain yield …