Table 6 Global crop water requirement with 3 different kc values during the non-growing season of the crop.

From: The green and blue crop water requirement WATNEEDS model and its global gridded outputs

Crop

kc = 1.0

kc = 0.1

kc = 0.5

Green Water [km3]

Blue Water [km3]

Green Water [km3]

Blue Water [km3]

Green Water [km3]

Blue Water [km3]

Wheat

639

219

742

177

692.6

197.1

Maize

593

87

650

73

627.2

76.3

Rice

628

279

661

258

636.3

272.8

Barley

148

11

167

10

155.1

10.2

Rye

39

1

41

1

39.2

1.0

Millet

116

4

126

4

118.3

4.0

Sorghum

157

12

172

11

164.2

10.7

Soybeans

366

16

390

14

380.9

14.0

Sunflower

71

4

84

4

77.0

3.9

Potatoes

61

13

64

12

61.5

12.7

Cassava

132

0

135

0

131.1

0.0

Sugar cane

166

63

166

63

162.2

65.1

Sugar beets

20

9

22

8

21.1

8.4

Oil palm

99

0

99

0

99.7

0.0

Rapeseed

53

8

63

6

56.8

6.7

Groundnuts

83

8

90

7

84.7

7.3

Pulses

156

24

182

21

170.6

21.9

Citrus

42

22

42

22

42.6

21.5

Date palm

2

11

2

11

2.0

10.6

Grapes

26

7

26

7

26.8

7.1

Cotton

119

89

131

82

127.0

85.4

Cocoa

61

0

61

0

60.4

0.0

Coffee

96

1

96

1

95.8

1.0

Others perennial

476

82

476

82

475.5

81.3

Fodder grasses

569

93

569

93

567.0

91.8

Others annual

319

62

367

52

338.0

57.5

Total

5234

1127

5626

1019

5414

1068