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The book is the outcome of changing global perception about agriculture in view of globalization, innovations, increased urbanization, depleting natural resources, changed consumer …

This text book is designed to guide students from a basic knowledge of soil, water, plant, hydrologic and hydraulics to the state-of-the-art of irrigation system design, planning …

Irrigation has been used for thousands of years to maximize the performance, efficiency and profitability of crops and it is a science that is constantly evolving. This potential …

Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated …

World population is set to increase by a third in the next 25 years, with no corresponding increase in global rainfall. About seventy per cent of the world's abstracted water is …

There are few issues that have greater impact on the life of mankind and the planet as a whole than the management of our most important natural resources water. This has only been …

Micro irrigation, also known as trickle, drip, localized, high frequency, or pressurized irrigation, is an irrigation method that saves water and fertilizer by allowing water to …

What farmer is there who has not, in the majority of seasons, felt that some at least of his crops could have been largely benefited and increased by a copious supply of water at …

Presents a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of engineering hydrology, including coverage of the hydrological cycle, abstraction losses, streamflow measurement, runoff, …

This book presents a variety of policy adoption methods, irrigation scheduling, and design procedures in micro irrigation engineering for horticultural crops. The chapters range …