Drainage and Irrigation Water Management, , Jaspal Singh, , Virendra Kumar, , S.R. Bhakar, Himanshu Publications, 8179060993

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Drainage and Irrigation Water Management

Jaspal Singh (Editor) Virendra Kumar (Editor) S.R. Bhakar (Editor)

Synopsis Irrigation is the key input in crop production. Its scientific management therefore warrants study of the related engineering aspects; such as, its application methods, scheduling, crop water requirement and water use efficiency etc. in a systematic way in order to not only save considerable amount of water but to have sustainable agricultural productivity as well. Excessive water application without considering the evaporative needs of the plants is mainly responsible for waterlogging and salt related problems in irrigated agriculture. A considerable area, otherwise productive, has gone out of production due to the above reason. Therefore, irrigation and land drainage need to be tackled scientifically and almost simultaneously in order to check the gradual degradation of land and to achieve sustainable production to meet the countryâ€™s future need of food and fiber. The micro irrigation systems, which encompass irrigation through strip tubing, emitters, jets and micro sprinklers, have higher level of efficiency in water use coupled with higher yields. A detailed study of these systems under different agro-climatic conditions needs to be conducted before taking them to the farmerâ€™s field. This book contains useful information on â€œDrainage and Irrigation Water Managementâ€ from the selected technical papers presented during the 37th and 38th ISAE Annual Convention and Symposium held at CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur from Jan 29-31, 2003 and CAET, dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli from Jan 16-18, 2004, respectively.

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About the authors

Jaspal Singh

Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh is the Founder-Head of the Department of Sociology and former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He is also the Founder-Editor of Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology, as well as the Founder-President of Punjab Sociological Society. He has been engaged in teaching and research in Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Punjab University Chandigarh and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has been a member of the UGC Panel on Sociology, Advisory committee of the ICSSR Regional Centre, as well as Senate and Syndicate of GNDU. He has been a member of the boards of studies of several universities. Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh has intensively interacted with empirical sociologists from all parts of the world.

Virendra Kumar

Dr. Virendra Kumar is Professor of Soil and Water Engineering at College of Technology & Agricultural Engineering (CTAE), Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, (MPUAT), Udaipur. He has about 30 years of experience in research and teaching. He did his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engg. From Pantnagar in 1973; M.Tech. (Soil & Water Conservation Engg.) in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1990 from IIT, Kharagpur. He has several publications in national and international journals. He has been Head of the department from 1998-2003 and also worked as I/C Dean of the college, 2003. He had an unique opportunity to work in AICRP on Dryland Agriculture as well as in AICRP on Water Management. He also served as chief scientist in AICRP on Water Management. He has been Director (Technical) of Soil & Water Engg., ISAE for two years from 2002-2004. he is also the Chairman of Rajasthan Chapter of ISAE for the last three years. He is Fellow member of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Water Resources Society besides being Life Member of ISAE and IASWC. He was bestowed upon the best teacher award of the university in 2003-2004.

S.R. Bhakar

Dr. S.R. Bhakar is Associate Professor in the Department of SWE, CTAE, Udaipur. He has considerable experience in the area of Soil and Water Engineering discipline.

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