Sustainable irrigation and drainage V : management, technologies and policies /
Irrigation, the biggest water user in most regions of the world is facing serious challenges in balancing social, economic and environmental needs for water.These proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage: Management, Technologies & Policies cover top...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Southampton :
WIT Press,
2014.
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| Series: | WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage V: Management, Technologies and Policies; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Irrigation management; Verification of the water supply rules in an arid area: a case study of the Xayar irrigation district in the northern part of the Taklamakan Desert; Capacities for irrigation water resource governance at the local level: a case study from the Upper East Region of Ghana; A tool for detecting crop water status using airborne high-resolution thermal imagery
- The effects of different levels of irrigation water salinity and leaching on the amount and distribution pattern of soil salinity and ions in an arid regionAn economic-based estimation of irrigation water demand; The assessment of automatic irrigation scheduling techniques on tomato yield and water productivity under a subsurface drip irrigation system in a hyper arid region; The yield and yield-character variability of traditional leafy-crop Cucumis africanus in response to variation in irrigation intervals and NPK fertilizer rates
- Water and heat stress: the effect on the growth and yield of maize and the impacts on irrigation waterThe physiological response of mungbean (Vigna radiata) to water deficit stress and Meloidogyne javanica infection; A data acquisition system for the remote measurement of flow in open channels; Section 2: Irrigation systems and planning; A comparative study of the impact of deficit irrigation on cucumber yields planted in a greenhouse and an open field in an arid environment; Weed control in Mexican Irrigation Districts with lightweight equipment
- Rain harvesting and stream storage for supplementary irrigation to rain-fed paddy schemes: a case study of Selapon Paddy SchemeThe study of changes in the assimilation surface, relative chlorophyll content and maize yield with different agrotechnical factors; Section 3: Climate change effects; An evaluation of the effects of climate change on flood frequency in the Luvuvhu River Catchment, Limpopo Province, South Africa; Future agricultural water demand under climate change in Saskatchewan, Canada; Section 4: Groundwater issues
- Deep groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking and agricultural purposes, Wadi Baye, Middle Region, LibyaUnsaturated zone modelling: the role of soil database classification; Section 5: Socio-economic benefits; Water governance for sustainable irrigation: the role of civil society; The impact of irrigation farming on livelihood strategies among smallholder farmers in the North West Province, South Africa; Media advocacy for sustainable water management in Africa: a study of Nigeria; Factors affecting women's empowerment on irrigation schemes in the North West Province, South Africa
