MID8113 Irrigation Agronomy

The course covers the following topics: Definition and purpose of irrigation, aspects plant development; vegetative (roots and shoots), crop growth stages, crop water relations, crop factors; Irrigation principles; evapo-transpiration, irrigation requirements and scheduling, plant-soil-water relationship, salinity and irrigation water quality, crop yield response to salinity, 

Course objectives

• Fundamental understanding of basic principles and laws of irrigation agronomy.
• Practical knowledge and hands-on skills in irrigation agronomy.

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, participants are able to:

• Analyze soil-water-crop yield relationships, management options under land or water scarcity and water saving techniques, and be able to determine crop water requirements.
• Discuss crop water requirements, drainage requirements and understand their mutual relationship.
• Describe the multiple objectives of irrigation, its role in agricultural production;
• Describe the concepts of crop and irrigation water requirement, and compute the amount of crop and irrigation water need by specific crop.
• Explain the concept and importance of irrigation scheduling, and determine the irrigation scheduling (Irrigation depth and interval) of various crops;
• Describe the concept and importance of deficit irrigation under water scarce condition;
• Manage an irrigation system by integrating the disciplines of soils and agronomy.