Estimation of Current Water Use over the Complex Topography of the Nile Basin Headwaters: The Case of Ghba Subbasin, Ethiopia

Table 3

Crop coefficient and length of the growing period used for CWR computation.

Crop	Kc				LGP, in days
	Initial	Dev.	Mid	Late	Initial	Dev.	Mid	Late	Total
Cabbage	0.5	0.75	1	0.95	20	30	35	25	110
Onion	0.5	0.75	1.05	0.85	20	35	40	25	120
Pepper	0.35	0.7	1.05	0.9	25	35	40	20	120
Tomato	0.45	0.75	1.15	0.9	20	30	40	20	110
Carrot	0.7	0.85	1.05	0.95	15	30	30	15	90
Kale	0.7	0.7	1	0.95	30	60	60	30	180
Papaya	0.9	1	1.1	0.9	60	80	90	60	290
Potato	0.45	0.75	1.15	0.9	25	30	45	30	130
Sugarcane	0.45	0.85	1.15	0.75	30	60	180	95	365
Beet root	0.45	0.8	1.12	0.95	15	25	30	20	90

Source: FAO irrigation and drainage P 56; MOA, 2018 SSIGL irrigation agronomy guideline,.