Agricultural water demand, water quality and crop suitability in Souk-Alkhamis Al-Khums, Libya

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Water scarcity, unequal population distribution and agricultural activities increased in the coastal plains, and the probability of seawater intrusion with ground water. According to this, the quantitative and qualitative deterioration of underground water quality has become a potential for the occurrence, in addition to the decline in agricultural production in the study area. This paper aims to discover the use of ground water for irrigation in agriculture and their suitability and compatibility for agricultural. On the other hand, the quality is determines by the cultivated crops. 16 random samples of regular groundwater are collected and analyzed chemically. Questionnaires are also distributed randomly on regular basis to farmers.

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Abunnour, M. A., Hashim, N. B. M., & Bin Jaafar, M. (2016). Agricultural water demand, water quality and crop suitability in Souk-Alkhamis Al-Khums, Libya. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 37). Institute of Physics Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012045

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