1. Irrigation Course for Agrostudies student Tel-Hai spring-summer 2014 Rotem Sade rtsade@gmail.com

2. Schedule RwandansFilipinos 04.05.2014 13:0006.04.2014 13:00Lesson 1 08.06.2014 09:3008.06.2014 13:00Lesson 2 15.06.2014 09:3015.06.2014 13:00Lesson 3 22.06.2014 09:3022.06.2014 13:00Lesson 4 29.06.2014 09:3029.06.2014 13:00Lesson 5 13.07.2014 09:3013.07.2014 13:00Lesson 6 27.07.201420.07.2014Study tour

3. Introduction Irrigation in Ancient Mesopotamia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RP2KfewiJA System of Rice Intensification (SRI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGeanXxdE1g Pivot irrigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24LJSJqpYuY WHY DO WE NEED IRRIGATION

4. 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

5. The basis of irrigation Soil Plant Evapotranspiration Plant requirements

6. Topics for the irrigation course Soil properties and water in soil Plants physiology crops water requirements Evapotranspiration Irrigation systems

7. Irrigation guides Introduction to irrigation http://www.fao.org/docrep/r4082e/r4082e00.htm Crop evapotranspiration - Guidelines for computing crop water requirements - FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56 http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0490e/x0490e00.htm NEH 652 - Irrigation Guide http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/viewerFS.aspx?hid=21431