irrigator Articles
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Sub Surface Drip Irrigation
The Future of Agriculture: Exploring the Benefits of Sub Surface Drip Irrigation The future of agriculture is intertwined with advancements in irrigation methods, particularly those that prioritize efficiency and sustainability. A promising strategy is sub surface drip irrigation, a technique that directly delivers water to the root zone of plants. This method not only optimizes water usage but ...
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Homosassa Springs Dream Home - Case Study
Septic shouldn't be a nightmare for a Dream Home A single-family residence located upon the environmentally sensitive main basin of the Homosassa River in Homosassa Springs Florida (near Orlando) had big plans for their old Florida "vernacular" home design. They had major set-backs from the beginning due to the lot size and location; they also began construction without the proper permits and not ...
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A tale of two developments of irrigation: India and USA
This paper offers a comparative study of economic history of two of the four largest irrigation systems in the world covering a period of about one hundred years, and points out the major lessons learnt from development experiences. This is especially significant since one is a developing country (which was considered a "more developed" irrigation system a century ago) and the other is a ...
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Study on the joint probability distribution of irrigation water volume and irrigation water efficiency
Using the copula method, the joint probability distribution of irrigation water volume and efficiency is constructed, and their joint return period is also described to reveal the encounter probability of irrigation water volume and efficiency. Furthermore, the conditional probability of irrigation water efficiency with different water volumes is built to show the quantitative effects of flow ...
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Irrigation Service Contract Template
If you're not using legally-binding contracts in your irrigation business it's probably a good idea you start to. They're one of the irrigation business essentials. Not only can contracts provide legal backing in case of potential discrepancies down the road but they can also provide a foundation of information for your day-to-day operations. ...
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An analysis of groundwater irrigation expansion in India
This paper suggest that groundwater irrigation expansion in India is driven mainly by the population pressure and not necessarily dependent on the change in surface water irrigation. However, in the districts irrigated by Groundwater only, our findings indicate that the marginal effect of groundwater on Gross Irrigated Area (GIA) is lower than that in the district endowed with both surface and ...
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Giving way to the elephant: the dynamics of participation in the management of a Balinese subak
Irrigation Communities, a common reference point for Water Users' Associations, are corporate groups that manage irrigation systems under local or indigenous charters. This paper begins by pointing out that local control in irrigation does not necessarily imply effective participatory management. It then undertakes a detailed examination of the internal dynamics of participation in an Irrigation ...
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How does participatory irrigation management work? A study of selected water users' associations in Anand district of Gujarat, western India
Measuring the performance of water users' associations (WUAs) is a complex task. Literature associates a large number of parameters with their success and failure. This paper presents an in-depth study of two WUAs that are considered to be functioning well by the irrigation department in Anand, India. It discusses some new issues and innovations being tried out in Anand, namely: (1) ...
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Maintain Natural Grapevine Mechanisms Through a Drought
Discussion of practical consequences related to irrigation volume and frequency, and the need to systematically relate irrigation strategies to the effects on plant water use and fruit ...
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Irrigation Strategies - Maintain Natural Grapevine Mechanisms Through a Drought
Discussion of practical consequences related to irrigation volume and frequency, and the need to systematically relate irrigation strategies to the effects on plant water use and fruit ...
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The implementation of participatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh, India
This paper discusses the implementation of irrigation reform policy in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. It reports on the impact of the introduction of participatory irrigation management (PIM) in two secondary canals (distributaries) in the Tungabhadra Right Bank Low Level Canal irrigation system. The empirical findings are that the rural elite has captured most of the seats in the water ...
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Olives - Monastir, Tunisia- Case Study
Ecotube was installed in two lines, left and right of each tree. The results of the yield were much better then what was achieved prior to ecotube with drip irrigation. The trees have developed stronger roots and used less water since the installation. Even in the hot summer month, the irrigation quantity is ...
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Factors affecting phosphorus exports from sites irrigated with abattoir wastewater
Abattoir wastewaters often contain significant quantities of phosphorus, inorganic salts, nitrogen and biodegradable organic materials. The nutrients in abattoir wastewaters are potentially useful for plant production and in many countries the application of abattoir wastewaters to land is considered a preferable option to other forms of treatment. In this paper we investigate the factors that ...
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Book Review. The Politics of Irrigation Reform. Contested Policy Formulation and Implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Peter P. Mollinga and Alex Bolding (Eds). The Politics of Irrigation Reform. Contested Policy Formulation and Implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Ashgate, 2004. 31pp. ISBN 0-7546-3515-5.Keywords: book ...
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Extracting physical homogeneous regions out of irrigation networks using fuzzy clustering method: a case study for the Ghazvin canal irrigation network
Improving the current operation and maintenance activities is one of the main steps in achieving higher performance of irrigation networks. Improving the irrigation network management, influenced by different spatial and temporal parameters, is confronted with special difficulties. One of the controversial issues often faced by decision-makers is how to cope with the spatial diversity of ...
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Malawi - Public private partnership options study and awareness raising for irrigation investment in Malawi
This report describes the results of a mission to support the Government of Malawi in conceiving viable Public Private Partnership (PPP) models for financially sustainable irrigation development and management in general, and carry out specific options analysis for starting a PPP process for the proposed Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP). After an introduction presenting the background of ...
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Irrigation demand modelling using the UKCP09 weather generator: lessons learned
The determination of irrigation demand is typically based on crop modelling using a long historic record of local daily weather data. However, there are rarely adequate weather station records near to given sites; often any local records cover a limited number of years, are incomplete, costly or are of poor quality. This paper examines whether version 1 of the UKCP09 weather generator can ...
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Creeping bentgrass putting green turf responses to two summer irrigation practices: Rooting and soil temperature
Light and frequent (LF) and deep and infrequent (DI) irrigation are two common practices for golf course managers. Few studies have compared the effects of these two opposing irrigation practices on summer root performance in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.). The objectives of this field study were to quantify summer root development and longevity in response to LF vs. DI irrigation ...
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Modeling irrigation management strategies to maximize cotton lint yield and water use efficiency
Increasing pumping costs and declining well capacities in the Southern High Plains compel producers to seek irrigation strategies to maximize yield and water use efficiency (WUE), which is the ratio of yield to evapotranspiration (ET). Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is suited to deficit irrigation using wells ranging from 0.29 to 0.93 L s–1 ha–1 capacity to supply limited, 2.5 mm d–1, to ...
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Lessons learned in the development of smallholder private irrigation for high-value crops in West Africa
The objective of this report is to identify and evaluate best practices in smallholder private irrigation in West Africa. The report is based on a comparative assessment of the smallholder private irrigation subsector in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, which included a literature review, field visits, and workshops at both national and regional levels. The task lists for the assessment is ...
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