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Micro Irrigation Management: Technological Advances and Their
Applications, the fifth book in the Innovations and Challenges in
Micro Irrigation book series, is a valuable reference volume on
micro irrigation and water management for professional training
institutes, technical agricultural centers, irrigation centers,
agricultural extension service, and other agencies who work with
micro irrigation programs. With an international focus, this new
book focuses on applications of solar energy in micro irrigation
and other important technological advances. It includes case
studies and illustrative examples on drip irrigation design.
This new book, the fourth volume in the Innovations and Challenges
in Micro Irrigation book series, examines the potential of solar
energy and other emerging energy technologies in micro irrigation
to create sustainable energy sources. The authors discuss a variety
of innovative micro irrigation system designs, with a special focus
on solar energy and photovoltaic (PV) energy.
This new volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro
Irrigation series covers an array of technologies to estimate
evapotranspiration and to evaluate parameters that are needed in
the management of micro irrigation, with worldwide applicability to
irrigation management in agriculture. Topics include recent
evapotranspiration research, performance evaluation of filters and
emitters, evaluation of fertigation and ground water with treated
wastewater effluent, performance of pulse drip irrigated potato
under organic agriculture practices in sandy soils, impact of
polyethylene mulch on micro irrigated cabbage, and tree injection
irrigation.
This lucidly-written book, with its diagrammatic representation and
practical examples, presents a comprehensive treatment of the
fundamentals of engineering hydrology in the areas of elements of
hydrological cycle, abstraction losses, streamflow measurement,
runoff, hydrology statistics, flood frequency analysis and
groundwater flow.Throughout the book, the text emphasises
problem-solving in which students are encouraged to apply their
conceptual understanding in order to solve practical problems.This
book is primarily intended for the undergraduate students of civil
engineering and agricultural engineering.
Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area, is the English
translation of Boris Vasilevich Andrianov's work, Drevnie
orositelnye sistemy priaralya, concerning the study of ancient
irrigation systems and the settlement pattern in the historical
region of Khorezm, south of the Aral Sea (Uzbekistan). This work
holds a special place within the Soviet archaeological school
because of the results obtained through a multidisciplinary
approach combining aerial survey and fieldwork, surveys, and
excavations. This translation has been enriched by the addition of
introductions written by several eminent scholars from the region
regarding the importance of the Khorezm Archaeological-Ethnographic
Expedition and the figure of Boris V. Andrianov and his landmark
study almost 50 years after the original publication.
The study examined women's roles and gender gaps in land operation
and farming, labor arrangements in agriculture and water
management, and feminization of agriculture in the Lower Vaksh
River Basin in Tajikistan. The study was part of the Strengthening
Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia project supported
by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study findings will
improve understanding of the situation so as to inform the ADB
grant-financed project in modernizing irrigation and drainage
systems in the Lower Vaksh River Basin. It reinforces the need for
gender inclusiveness in planning and designing irrigation and
drainage projects, ensuring benefits for all.
It highlights new developments and key lessons on climate risk
assessment that may be applied to the project design and monitoring
as well as the implementation of climate adaptation measures. The
WEIDAP project was developed in response to the drought that
affected southern Viet Nam in 2015-2016. It focused on irrigation
modernization and the integration of climate-resilient agricultural
and efficient on-farm water management practices.
The book, now in its second edition, provides an up-to-date
comprehensive text on irrigation water management for students of
agriculture both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The scope
of the book makes it a useful reference for courses in agricultural
engineering, agronomy, soil science, agricultural physics and
environmental sciences. It will also serve as a valuable guidebook
to those working with farming communities. The coverage in sixteen
chapters brings out different aspects of irrigation including
irrigation situation in the world, rainfall, evaporation, water
wealth and progressive development of irrigation in India,
measurement of soil water and irrigation water, methods of
irrigation, irrigation with saline water, formulating cropping
pattern in irrigated area and management of high water table. In
the second edition, a new chapter on `On-farm Irrigation System'
has been included and several chapters have been updated to include
latest developments.
Water protection, food production and ecosystem health are
worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting
human wellbeing in many places, while widespread land and ecosystem
degradation, driven by poor agricultural practices, is seriously
limiting food production. Understanding the links between
ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health
of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is
becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable
ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water
management and food production.
Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the
scientific understanding, development and application of
agricultural water management through an integrated approach. This
book presents a collection of recent developments and applications
of agricultural water management from advanced sources, such as
satellite, mesoscale and climate models that are integrated with
conceptual modeling systems. Users will find sections on drought,
irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change,
precipitation forecasting, and more. By linking these systems, this
book provides the first resource to promote the synergistic and
multidisciplinary activities of scientists in hydro-meteorological
and agricultural sciences. As agricultural water management has
gained considerable momentum in recent decades among the earth and
environmental science communities as they seek solutions and an
understanding of the concepts integral to agricultural water
management, this book is an ideal resource for study and reference.
This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and
research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition,
it provides an overview of projects from across the world,
illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in
drylands. Focusing on the scientific perspective it demonstrates
how rural dryland agriculture can be improved. It also documents
the wealth of rainwater-smart know-how available today, and
replicates and transfers results to other countries and regions, to
encourage cross-sector interactions among various stakeholders,
such as practitioners from governmental and public organisations,
policy- and decision-makers, and teaching staff from academic
scientific institutions. The contributors showcase vital lessons
learned from research, field projects and best-practice examples.
They address the integrated use of rainwater harvesting management
with landscape restoration practices and water-, and climate-smart
agriculture for food security and poverty alleviation in arid and
semi-arid areas. Original research, combined with the contributors'
synthetic approach, lays a foundation for new concepts and ideas.
Through case studies and research reports, the book discusses all
the relevant issues necessary for the comprehensive analysis and
successful implementation of the technologies in rainwater
management. Highlighting the working principles and technical
recommendations with regard to cost-efficient rainwater-smart
solutions, it is of interest to practitioners. It is also a
valuable resource for academic specialists, professionals and
students, since many development agencies are funding rainwater
harvesting for irrigation purposes.
Rainfall levels are rarely optimal, but there are hundreds of
things you can do to efficiently conserve and use the water you do
have and to reduce the impact of drought on your soil, crops,
livestock, and farm or ranch ecosystem. Author Dale Strickler
introduces you to the same innovative systems he used to transform
his own drought-stricken family farm in Kansas into a thriving,
water-wise, and profitable enterprise, maximising healthy cropland,
pasture, and water supply. Ranging from simple, short-term projects
such as installing rain-collection ollas to long-term
land-management planning strategies, Strickler's methods show how
to get more water into the soil, keep it in the soil, and help
plants and livestock access it.
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