Irrigation
theory and practice
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Summary
The text of the book "IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY: Theory and Practice" covers in a concise and yet in a comprehensive manner the various aspects of irrigation including the basic soil properties, crop water requirements, and both the design as well as evaluation of various surface irrigation methods, sprinkler and drip irrigation methods. Micro irrigation methods, viz., sprinkler irrigation and drip iirigation methods, have been treated in a greater detail keepin gin mind their greater importance in the near future when the competition for fresh water for various purposes such as for industry, doemstic supply, etc. would increase tremendously. About Author : Dr. Yenneti Pyda Rao, hails from a farming community of Visakhaptnam, District of Andhra Pradesh. He obtained his B.Tech. (Hons.), M.Tech. and Ph.D. degree from the I.I.T., Kharagpur. In 1965, he underwent Familiarization Training in Installation and Maintenance of Meterological Instruments at the AGRIMET Division of th eI.M.D., Pune. In 1967-68 and in 1983, as a Ford Foundation Fellow, he studied advanced course in Irrigation Engineering and related courses at Purdue University and Colorado State University. Dr. S.R. Bhakar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Soil and Water Engineering, CATE, MPUAT Udaipur, Rajasthan. He did his B.E. (AG) from Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Rajasthan); M.Tech. (WROM) from the I.I.T., Kharagpur and Ph.D.(SWCE) from the MPUAT, Udaipur. He is a Fellow of the Indian War Resources Society,and Member of several societies & technical associations. He has handled research projects as PI/CO-PI in various projects, e.g. "Study of Salt and Wter Movement in Evaporation Pond and Surrounding Area" sponsored by the RSMM Ltd., Lignite Mines, Nagaur; "Study of Irrigation Efficiencies to Find Out Proper Bed Size for Irrigation in Right Main Canal Command of Nand Samand Irrigation Project" sponsored by the Government of Rajasthan: AICRP on Ground Water Utilization through Wells and Pumps", "Resource Characterization and Socio-Economic Constraints Analysis of Productivity in the Maize Based Crop Production System" and "Stochastic Modelling of Agrometeorological Phenomena for Farm Water Management Planning" sponsored by the ICAR, New Delhi.