CLIMATE FITNESS FOR CROPS BOM JESUS - PI, BRAZIL.

Abstract

The climatic aptitude of crops is of main importance in the method of knowledge of the agricultural potential of an area, defining the appropriate crops, the periods of planting and harvesting, the necessary cultural practices, enabling the identification of areas with greater agricultural potential, finally, provides tools for the design and definition of public policies for the agricultural sector. The objective was to indicate the climatic types and carry out their agricultural zoning for ten crops, indicating the possible skills for Bom Jesus Piauí. The rain and thermal series served as the basis for the preparation of the water balance, the climatic classifications, the evapopluviogram and the agroclimatic zoning of the cultivars. The crops that adapt to the conditions of the studied area promote the expansion of productive agriculture, favorable and in a viable economic way to producers, based on the agricultural zoning carried out for the municipality. For rainfall scenarios: Dry, Regular, Rainy and Medium the climate was Classification respectively of: Arid, Semiarid, Subhumid dry and Subhumid dry. Full aptitude was verified for pineapple, herbaceous cotton, corn, castor bean and sisal; moderate fitness for cashew, sugarcane, beans and sorde; and restriction for banana cultivation. The use of irrigation becomes indispensable, especially in the months with the highest water deficit.