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by  Megh Raj Goyal

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VOLUME 1
SUSTAINABLE
MICRO IRRIGATION
Principles and Practices

VOLUME 1
SUSTAINABLE
MICRO IRRIGATION
Principles and Practices
Edited by
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors ...........................................................................................vii
List of Abbreviations ..........................................................................................ix
List of Symbols ....................................................................................................xi
Preface ..............................................................................................................xiii
Hymn: “Micro Irrigation” ...............................................................................xvii
Foreword by Gajendra Singh ...........................................................................xix
Foreword by Miguel Muñoz Muñoz ................................................................xxiii
Foreword by Marvin J Jensen ........................................................................xxvii
Book Series: Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation ...........xxix
About the Senior Editor-in-Chief .....................................................................xxxi
Warning/Disclaimer .......................................................................................xxxiii
PART I: STATUS AND POTENTIAL OF MICRO IRRIGATION
1. Pressurized Irrigation Technology: Global Scenario .....................................1
S. A. Kulkarni, F. B. Reinders, and F. Ligetvari
2. Micro Irrigation Technology: Global Scenario .............................................21
Felix B. Reinders
3. Affordable Micro Irrigation for Small Farms ..............................................31
Jack Keller and Andrew A. Keller
4. Micro Irrigation Potential in the Developing Countries ..............................49
Tushaar Shah and Jack Keller
5. Low Cost Micro Irrigation in Kenya .............................................................77
Jack Keller
6. Micro Irrigation Potential in India ................................................................87
R. K. Sivanappan
7. Advanced Technologies for Sugarcane Cultivation Under
Micro Irrigation: Tamil Nadu ......................................................................121
R. K. Sivanappan
8. Design and Management of Irrigation Systems: Chile ..............................147
Eduardo A. Holzapfel, Alejandro Pannunzio, Ignacio Lorite, Aureo S. Silva de Oliveira,
and István Farkas
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9. Subsurface Micro Irrigation: Review ..........................................................161
Leonor Rodriguez-Sinobas and Maria Gil-Rodriguez
PART II: PRINCIPLES OF MICRO IRRIGATION
10. Modernization of Floating Pumping Station for Irrigation .......................185
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi r and Alina Gabor
11. Principles of Micro Irrigation ......................................................................195
Megh R. Goyal
12. Chemigation ...................................................................................................235
Megh R. Goyal
13. Fertigation: Venturi Injection Method ........................................................263
Mukesh Kumar, T. B. S. Rajput, and Neelam Patel
14. Chemigation Uniformity in Micro Irrigation System ................................273
Larry Schwankl
15. Micro Irrigation: Filtration systems ............................................................285
Megh R. Goyal
16. Micro Irrigation Design Using Hydrocalc Software ...............................301
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi r and Emanuel Hategan
Glossary of Technical Terms ............................................................................315
Appendices .......................................................................................................447
Index ................................................................................................................461
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
István Farkas
Gödöllő University, Department of Physics and Process Control, 2103 Pater Karoly utca 1 Gödöllő, Hungary,
Email: [email protected].
Alina Gabor
Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2nd Victoriei Square, 300006, Timişoara.
María Gil-Rodríguez
Agricultural Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid
(Spain), Web: http://hideriego.upm.es.
Megh R. Goyal
Retired Professor in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Cam-
pus, PO Box 86, Rincon – PR – 00677; and Senior Acquisitions Editor and Senior Editor-in-Chief, Apple
Academic Press Inc., New Jersey. Email: [email protected].
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir
Assist. Prof., Politehnica” University of Timişoara, 2nd Victoriei Square, 300006, Timişoara, Email:
[email protected]
Emanuel Hategan
Politehnica” University of Timişoara, 2nd Victoriei Square, 300006, Timişoara.
Eduardo A. Holzapfel
Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Ingeniería Agrícola, Departamento de Recursos Hídricos, Av.
Vicente Méndez 595, Chillán, Chile, Email: [email protected].
Marvin E. Jensen
Retired Research Leader USDA-ARS, 1207 Springwood Drive, Fort Collins, CO, 80525, Email: mjen-
[email protected].
Andrew A. Keller
Vice President of Keller-Bliesner Engineering, LLC, 78 East Center, Logan, UT 84321, Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone], Email: [email protected]
Jack Keller
Emeritus Professor of Irrigation Engineering, Utah State University; and Chief Executive Officer of Keller-
Bliesner Engineering, 78 East Center, Logan, UT 84321, Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone], Email:
[email protected]
Suresh A. Kulkarni
Executive Secretary – ICID, 48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India. Tel.: +91 11
26115679, [phone], Fax: [phone]; Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.icid.org
Mukesh Kumar
School of Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Block G2, Academic
Complex, Maiden Garhi, New Delhi-110068, India, Email: [email protected]
Ferenc Ligetvari
Vice President Hon., ICID, Chairman, Hungarian National Committee on ICID (HUCID Gödöllo, P.O.
Box 303, H-2103; Hungary, E-mail: [email protected]
viii List of Contributors
Ignacio Lorite
Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca IFAPA, Centro Alameda del Obispo, Junta de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain.
Email: [email protected].
Miguel A. Muñoz-Muñoz
Ex-President of University of Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, College of Agri-
culture Sciences, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR. 00681-9000. Tel. [phone], Email: miguel.munoz3@
upr.edu
Alejandro Pannunzio
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Departamento de Agronomía, Av. Chorroarin 280, Ciudad Autónoma de Bue-
nos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Email: [email protected].
Neelam Patel
Senior Scientist, Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi, Delhi 110012, India, Email: [email protected]
T.B.S. Rajput
Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre (WTC), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New
Delhi, Delhi 110012, India, Email: [email protected]
Felix B. Reinders
Vice President – ICID, Chairman, Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Agricultural Engineering,
Private Bag X519, SILVERTON 0127 South Africa, Email: [email protected]
Leonor Rodríguez-Sinobas
Professor of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Agricultural Engineering School, Technical University
of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid (Spain), Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email:
[email protected].
Lawrence J. Schwankl
CE Irrigation Specialist, UC Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 9240 S. Riverbend Ave.,
Parlier, CA 93648, Tel.: [phone], Email: [email protected]
Tushaar Shah
Senior Fellow of the Colombo-based International Water Management Institute, C/o Indian Natural Re-
sources Economics and Management (INREM) Foundation, Near Smruti Apartment, Behind IRMA Man-
galpura, Anand 388001, Gujarat, India, Tel/Fax: [phone]. Email: [email protected]
Aureo S. Silva de Oliveira
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Núcleo de Engenharia de Água e Solo (NEAS),
44380-000 Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil, Email: [email protected].
Gajendra Singh
Former Vice President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. C-86, Millennium Apartments, Plot E-10A,
Sector-61, Noida, U.P. – 201301, India, Mobile: (011)-(91)-997-108-7591, Email: [email protected].
R. K. Sivanappan
Former Dean and Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; and
Consultant, 14, Bharathi Park, 4th Cross Road, Coimbatore 641 043, India. Email: sivanappan@hotmail.
com