Supplemental Irrigation in the Near East and North Africa (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792310068)

1 Introduction.- 2 Systems Approach to Supplemental Irrigation.- 3 Water Balance Calculations.- 4 Regional Application of Water Balance Methods.- 5 Soil Water Relationships.- 6 Movement of Water in Soils.- 7 Darcy Equation.- 8 Soil Water Measurement.- 9 Infiltration.- 10 Field Measurement of Infiltration.- 11 Groundwater Supply.- 12 Water Quality, Irrigation Measurement and Efficiency.- 13 Land Leveling and Simplistic Surveying.- 14 Economics of Supplemental Irrigation.- 15 Evaluation of Supplemental Irrigation.- 16 Introduction to Technology Transfer.- 17 Verification of Supplemental Irrigation of Spring Wheat.- 18 Irrigation of Cereals in Algeria.- 19 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Cyprus.- 20 Potential of Supplemental Irrigation in Iran.- 21 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of Iraq.- 22 The Farming Systems in Jordan: Rainfed, Water Harvesting, and Supplemental Irrigation.- 23 Supplemental Irrigation and Water Harvesting Systems in Libya.- 24 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Morocco.- 25 Supplemental Irrigation in Pakistan.- 26 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).- 27 Cereal Cropping and Supplemental Irrigation in Tunisia.- 28 Supplemental Irrigation in Turkey.- 29 Supplemental Irrigation in Yemen Arab Republic (YAR).- 30 Conclusions.- Appendix Source Materials for Chapters 1-16.

Author: Eugene R. Perrier
ISBN-10: 0792310063
ISBN-13: 9780792310068
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1991
Pages: 636
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.34lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.38d