Irrigation Course for Agrostudies student Tel-Hai spring-summer 2014 Rotem Sade
Schedule RwandansFilipinos : :00Lesson : :00Lesson : :00Lesson : :00Lesson : :00Lesson : :00Lesson Study tour
Introduction Irrigation in Ancient Mesopotamia System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Pivot irrigation WHY DO WE NEED IRRIGATION
Reason for Irrigation We need irrigation to supply water requirement of the plants. Good irrigation practice will bring: Efficiency of water, land, labor Increase Crops yield quantity and quality (arsenic in rice)arsenic in rice Control of where when and what we grow Papers in the Arava Apples in the Golan Control roots, crops yields Control Soil erosion (Hula valley example Hula Lake)Hula valley exampleHula Lake Control environmental pollution from agriculture
The basis of irrigation Soil Plant Evapotranspiration Plant requirements
Topics for the irrigation course Soil properties and water in soil Plants physiology crops water requirements Evapotranspiration Irrigation systems
Irrigation guides Introduction to irrigation Crop evapotranspiration - Guidelines for computing crop water requirements - FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56 NEH Irrigation Guide