Estimating Green and Blue Water Footprint of Major Cereal and Vegetable Crops in Salale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

To attain effective utilization of water in different sectors, understanding and applying the new concept management tools like footprint analysis is mandatory. Hence, this study aims to estimate green blue for selected major cereal vegetable crops Salale Zone. Ten year (2011–2020) climatic, crop yield, cultivated area data were collected. Green footprints (m3/ton), average per-kilogram each product (m3/kg), their Zonal level total (m3/ton) estimated. The results indicated that both was greater than benchmark value considered though highly utilized Zone production cereal. At level, estimated 14,417.35 m3/ton from which 86% accounts From comparison with benchmark, values higher less efficient water. water, essential account use a given crop.