Practices of Irrigation & On-farm Water Management: Volume 2

571 Pages·2012·6.1 MB·English

by  M. H. Ali

Practices of Irrigation & On-farm Water
Management: Volume 2

M.H. Ali
Practices of Irrigation
& On-farm Water
Management: Volume 2
Foreword by M.A. Salam
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Dr.M.H.Ali
AgriculturalEngineeringDivision
BangladeshInstituteofNuclear
Agriculture(BINA)
Mymensingh2202,BAUCampus
Bangladesh
[email protected]
(URL:www.mhali.com)
ISBN978-1-4419-7636-9
DOI10.1007/978-1-4419-7637-6
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Foreword
Agriculturaltechnologiesareveryimportanttofeedthegrowingworldpopulation.
Scientific principles of agricultural engineering have been applied for the optimal
useofnaturalresourcesinagriculturalproductionforthebenefitofhumankind.The
roleofagriculturalengineeringisincreasinginthecomingdaysattheforthcoming
challenges of producing more food with less water, coupled with pollution hazard
intheenvironmentandclimateuncertainty.
Irrigation is continually straining our limited natural resources. Whether it is
throughsalinity,waterlogging,sedimentation,nutrienttransport,orexcessivewater
consumption, irrigation has an impact on our natural ecosystems. It is therefore
importantthattheirrigationsystemisproperlydesigned, monitored,andexecuted
notonlyforthebenefitoftheirrigatorbutalsoforthewidercommunity.
I am happy to know that a book (2nd volume in series) entitled “Practices of
Irrigation and On-farm Water Management,” written by Engr. Dr. M. H. Ali, is
goingtobepublishedbySpringer.Thisbookisdesignedtocoverthemajorfields
of applied agricultural engineering such as designing water conveyance systems,
selecting and designing irrigation systems, land and watershed management, per-
formance evaluation of irrigation systems, drainage system, water resources man-
agement,managementofsalt-affectedsoils,pumps,renewableenergyforirrigation,
models and crop production functions in irrigation management, and GIS in
irrigationmanagement.
This book will be quite useful for the students of agricultural engineering.
Students of other related branches of engineering sciences, and engineers work-
inginthefieldandatresearchinstitutes,willalsobebenefited.Thebookmayserve
asatextbookforthestudentsandasapracticalhandbookforthepractitionersand
researchersinthefieldofirrigationandon-farmwatermanagement.Utilizationof
therecentliteratureintheareaandcitationofrelevantjournals/reportshaveadded
aspecialvaluetothisbook.
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Ihopethistextbookwillbeusedworldwidetopromoteagriculturalproduction
andconservationofthemostimportantnaturalresource,water.
(Dr.M.A.Salam)
Mymensingh,Bangladesh Director(Research)
May,2010 BangladeshInstituteofNuclearAgriculture
Preface
Cropproductiondependsonthesuccessfulimplementationoftheagriculturaland
watermanagementtechnologies.Thisisvitaltofeedthegrowingworldpopulation.
The implementation of technologies is also important to minimize environmental
degradationresultingfromagriculturalactivities.Agriculturalandnaturalresources
engineersareapplyingscientificprinciplesfortheoptimaluseofnaturalresources
inagriculturalproduction.
Water is the scarcest resource. The importance of the judicious use of water in
agriculturalsectorforsustainingagriculturalgrowthandtheretardationofenviron-
mentaldegradationneedsnoelaboration.Judicioususeofwaterforcropproduction
requires knowledge of water conveyance and application methods, their design-
ing,strategicmanagementofwaterresources,landandwatershedmanagement,etc.
Increasingefficiencyinconveyanceandpumpingsystemsarealsoofgreatconcern.
Irrigationmanagementstrategypracticedinnormalsoilsmaynotbeappropriatein
problematic soils such as saline soils. This book covers all of the above aspects.
In addition, the book covers some recent dimensions such as pollution from agri-
cultural fields, modeling in irrigation and water management, application of the
geographical information system (GIS) in irrigation and water management, and
renewable energy resources for irrigation. Sample workout problems are provided
toexplainthedesignandapplicationmethodologiesinpractice.
The comprehensive and compact presentation of this book will serve as a text-
book for undergraduate students in Agricultural Engineering, Biological Systems
Engineering,Bio-ScienceEngineering,WaterResourceEngineering,and,Civiland
EnvironmentalEngineering.Itwillalsobehelpfulforthestudentsofrelevantfields
suchasAgronomy,BiologicalSciences,andHydrology.Althoughthetargetaudi-
ence of this book is undergraduate students, postgraduate students will also be
benefitedfromthebook.Itwillalsoserveasareferencemanualforfieldengineers,
researchers, and extension workers in several fields such as agricultural engi-
neering, agronomy, ecology, hydrology, civil, water resource, and environmental
engineering.
Effortwasmadetokeepthelanguageassimpleaspossible,keepinginmindthe
readersofdifferentlanguageorigins.Throughoutthebook,theemphasishasbeen
ongeneraldescriptionsandprinciplesofeachtopic,technicaldetails,andmodeling
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aspects.However,thecomprehensivejournalreferencesineachareashouldenable
thereadertopursuefurtherstudiesofspecialinterest.Infact,thebookcoversbroad
interdisciplinarysubjects.
Mymensingh,Bangladesh Dr.M.H.Ali
Acknowledgment
I acknowledge the cooperation, suggestions, and encouragement of the faculty
members of the Department of Irrigation and Water Management, Bangladesh
AgriculturalUniversity.IwouldliketothankEngr.Dr.M.A.Ghani,formerDirector
General of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, and World Bank Country
Representative, Bangladesh, who critically reviewed the content and structure of
severalchaptersoftheBook.Iwouldalsoliketothankthescientistsandstaffsof
AgriculturalEngineeringDivision,BangladeshInstituteofNuclearAgriculture,for
theircooperationinvariousways.
ThanksareduetoDr.M.A.Salam,Director(Research),BangladeshInstituteof
Nuclear Agriculture, for going through the book and writing few words about the
sameintheformofa“Foreword.”
IamgratefultotheauthorityofSoilMoistureCo.forsupplyingthepicturesof
theirproductsandgivingmepermissiontousethesameinthebook.
My sincere thanks are also due to my affectionate wife Anjumanara Begham,
daughter,SanjidaAfiate,andson,IrfanSajid,fortheirsupport,understanding,and
patienceduringthepreparationofthemanuscript.
Mymensingh,Bangladesh Dr.M.H.Ali
May,2010
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