Farm irrigation
Subtitle: planning & management
By: Neil Southorn
Series: Practical farming; Practical farming
Publisher: Inkata Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Port Melbourne; Newton [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780080548654
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Irrigation; Agriculture; Irrigation farming; Drainage
Description: There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, using water from increasingly scarce supplies, and contributes to environmental concerns of the community. Many of the pressures facing some irrigators have been caused by a lack of understanding in the past of best practices necessary in design, installation and management. Alternative methods of ir.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Farm Irrigation: Planning & Magagement; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Irrigation planning; Chapter 2. Soil water; Chapter 3. Evapotranspiration; Chapter 4. Irrigation scheduling; Chapter 5. Surgace irrigation; Chapter 6. Spray irrigation; Chapter 7. Microirigation systems; Chapter 8. Reticulation; Chapter 9. Drainage; References; Index; Some other titles in the PRACTICAL FARMING SERIES;