Crop Water Use Coefficient and Water Footprint of Arabica Coffee under Rainfed Condition in Chiang Mai Province
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The rationale of the research was to study the crop water coefficient of Arabica coffee under rainfed conditions for database not only water management but also water footprint computing for coffee production in Thailand. The results revealed that crop water coefficient of the Catimor coffee cultivar 8 - 9 years on both seasonal (from 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023 until 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2024) in flowering stage average 0.50±0.40 subsequently fruit development to ripeness stage averaged 1.39±0.01 and harvested until bud formation averaged 0.08±0.08, which have average crop water coefficient whole season and cherry fresh yield were 0.91±0.09 and 2.78±1.54 tons/yielded rai. While the H420 coffee cultivar 6-7 years in flowering stage averaged 0.51±0.37 after that fruit development to ripeness stage averaged 1.53±0.05 and harvested until bud formation averaged 0.05±0.05, which have average crop water coefficient whole season and cherry fresh yield were 0.99±0.10 and 2.41±0.12 tons/rai respectively. For the water footprint amount of the Catimor coffee cultivar such as green, blue, grey, total water footprint and rainfall amount averaged 1,094.2±738.4, 0.0±0.0, 0.9±0.6, 1,095.1±739.1 liters/kilogram and 2,406.5±386.5 mm/crop seasonal whereas the H420 coffee cultivar averaged 1,007.2±238.1, 21.4±21.4, 0.2±0.1, 1,028.8±259.4 liters/kilogram and 2,627.5±211.9 mm/crop seasonal respectively.
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