Author: Dr. Vijay K Labhsetwar

Year: 2024, ISBN: 978-81-89610-45-6

Type: Special Publication, Format: e-version

The current world population of 8.00 billion is expected to reach 8.9 billion in 2035 and 9.8 billion in 2050, according to Population Reference Bureau (2024). Most of the addition will be in developing countries and we would need to double our food production to feed these people. Regionally, the population of Asia is 4.7 billion and is expected to reach 5.3 billion by 2050. The two populous countries in the world: China (1.41 billion) and India (1.42 billion) are here in Asia. To feed the future population, agricultural growth must increase many times. Many factors influence this agricultural growth vis-a-vis food grain production. Modernization of agricultural water management, among others, plays a crucial role in increasing food production thereby possibly reducing undernourishment and achieving the challenge of Zero Hunger by 2030.

Author: Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab and Dr. K Yella Reddy

Year: 2024, ISBN: 978-81-89610-44-9

Type: Special Publication, Format: e-version

The world’s population is expected to grow from 8 billion to at least 9.8 billion by the year 2050. The population growth, urbanization and industrialization are imposing rapidly growing demands and pressures on the water and energy resources and causing, in many cases, an imbalance between water supply and demand. This growing imbalance has led to shortages, competition, and other environmental pressures. Achieving food, water, and energy security as well as improving the quality of life, while preserving the environment, will continue to pose major challenges to scientists, decision-makers and technicians in the next few decades. Irrigation globally consumes around 70% of freshwater resources. This water is becoming increasingly scarce. Irrigation requires energy.

Author: Dr. Kamran Emami and Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar

Year: 2023,

Type: Special Publication, Format: e-version

The 21st century would be very distinct from the other centuries in the history of mankind. According to Dr. James Martin (2007), an entrepreneur and founder of the 21st Century School at the University of Oxford in his crowning achievement, “The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future”, “We are at an extraordinary crossroad of human history. Our actions, or failure to act, during the next decades will determine the fate of the Earth and human civilization for centuries to come. This is a make-or-break century”. The latest data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (August 2023) show that 25 countries — housing one-quarter of the global population — face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world’s population — around 4 billion people — live under highly water-stressed conditions for at least one month of the year.

Author: ICID

Year: 2023,

Type: Special Publication, Format: e-version

Since the dawn of human civilization water has been an enabler of societal development so much so that we started believing “Water is Life,” a common phrase in most languages. And, life is multi-dimensional involving not only a physical aspect but also economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual concepts. Early human settlements emerged around natural water availability and continued to do so for thousands of years. During civilization process the water bodies/scapes became integral parts of human communities and societies and their economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual activities. Historically, we have always assumed that water is not a limiting factor for human development, however, as our numbers grew from millions to billions, we started to see the finite dimension of water that we now term as “water scarcity” and once a life-critical natural resource becomes limiting our attention is diverted to its value, its use or misuse, its criticality to our survival and its conservation. We have started feeling constrained and questioning our early assumptions of infiniteness of water, and more importantly exploring ways to overcome this scarcity as climate change coupled with over-stretched carrying capacity of our ecosystem have exacerbated the human development situation. Fortunately, water is now being discussed in many domains which have a diverse worldview of water. Water is not owned by just one discipline of human existence, its multi-dimensionality needs to be put in a holistic perspective facilitated by a dialogue among the stakeholders having asymmetric knowledge contexts, capacities, beliefs, socio-economic backgrounds, cultural and spiritual visions.

Author: Ragab Ragab; Nadine Depre

Year: 2023, ISBN: ISSN 2639-541X

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

World Water Policy Special Issue on Coping with Water Scarcity: New Advances in Africa and Beyond, Volume 9, Number 4, November 2023

Guest Editors: Ragab Ragab; Nadine Depre

World Water Policy (WWP) is a unique, peer-reviewed English language journal devoted to creating a platform for the world’s emerging water leaders and thinkers. The journal is dedicated to encouraging and disseminating new thinking about water policy and practice, about the education that supports it, and about the interrelationships between them.
Part one of the World Water Policy - WWP (Special issue), Volume 9 Number 4, November 2023 issue is based on the 10th ICID International Micro Irrigation Conference, held in January 2023 at Dakhla, Morocco. The papers presented in this special issue were largely from young water professionals who participated in the conference.

Author: ICID

Year: 2022, ISBN: 978-81-89610-31-9

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Policy advocacy, technology development, capacity building and knowledge dissemination are at the core of the ICID network for the past 70 years. This publication is in a way to celebrate the 7-decade existence and relevance of ICID which started with a handful of members and has grown to represent more than 90% of the world irrigated area. Professional networks outlive the individuals associated with them because they propel good ideas from one generation to the next and this publication is all about good ideas to save water in the agriculture sector.

Author: Dr. Kamran Emami

Year: 2021,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

This publication provides the readers with a glimpse of challenges and the meaning of the 21st Century along with the way forward for financial savings in water projects through application of the principles of

Author: Ministry of Water Resurces of the Republic of Uzbekistan and National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (UzNCID)

Year: 2020,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Electronic

Towards the 70th Anniversary of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Tashkent, 2020

Author: ICID Central Office

Year: 2020, ISBN: 978-81-89610-30-2

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

The ICID's 70th Anniversary Commemorative Volume (Coffee Table Book) was released as part of the ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration which showcases key milestones achieved by the Commission in its efforts to make a water-secure world free of poverty and hunger through sustainable rural development. The book is also a house of information about the global status of irrigation and drainage and professionals will find it very useful. The ICID@70 Coffee Table Book was released by President Felix Reinders during the 71st International Executive Council Meeting held virtually in two sessions on 7th December and 8th December 2020.

Author: ICID-FAO

Year: 2019,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

This report highlights important initiatives, their implementation and impacts especially in three States namely, Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, as a part of the study material for a visiting delegation consisting of Dr. Ayman Elsayed Ibrahim Shahin, Sector Head of Monitoring Systems & Communication, Information and Assets Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mr. Gabouj Ridha, General Director of Rural Engineering and Water Management, Ministry of Agriculture Water Resources and fisheries, Tunis, Tunisia, and Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Hamid, Senior Land and Water Officer, FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt.
Solar water pumping for irrigation is being promoted worldwide by the Governments to address the continued demand by farmers to extend the electricity transmission network to all agricultural fields to enable them to avoid the use of expensive diesel for running irrigation pumps. Solar pumping systems offer superior solution to address such issue besides addressing the issues of depleting groundwater and other energy needs at the farm.

Author: Laurie Tollefson and John Harrington

Year: 2018,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Biofuels production and use have both positive and negative environmental and socio economic consequences, including those pertaining to water and land. Due to bio-crop production, water which is already a scarce resource in many parts of the world, will come under further stress creating competitive demand with water for food production. The expansion and intensification of bioenergy production could add to existing pressures on land and water management. Therefore, water resources management and adequate policies and strategies are needed to help in ensuring sustainability and balancing different types of use in the short and long term

Author: Dr. Saeed Nairizi

Year: 2017,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This publication on ‘Irrigated Agriculture Development in Droughts and Water Scarcity’, is an attempt to learn lessons from long traditions of living with water scarcity, use them in meeting the challenges of more frequent and severe droughts. The publication, which is an outcome of sharing the knowledge in managing water scarcity and droughts around the world, is expected to provide lessons learnt in one part of the world to provide solutions in similar situations, which may be new in other part of the world.

Author: Sandra Payen, Claudine Basset-Mens, Montserrat Núñez, Stéphane Follain, Olivier Grünberger, Serge Marlet, Sylvain Perret, and Philippe Roux

Year: 2016,

Type: Special Publication,

Purpose Salinisation is a threat not only to arable land but also to freshwater resources. Nevertheless, salinisation impacts have been rarely and only partially included in life cycle assessment (LCA) so far. The objectives of this review paper were to give a comprehensive overview of salinisation mechanisms due to human interventions, analyse the completeness, relevance and scientific robustness of existing published methods addressing salinisation in LCA and provide recommendations towards a comprehensive integration of salinisation within the impact modelling frameworks in LCA.

Author: Dr Sylvain Perret, Dr Michael van der Laan, Prof. N. Hatcho

Year: 2016,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Prof. Dr. Sylvester Mpandeli, Chairman AFRWG

Year: 2015,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

‘Africa is the only continent which does not grow enough food to feed itself. According to one UNEP estimate food production will reduce to the extent of 25% by the year 2050 due to land degradation and water scarcity accentuated by climate change. At the same time FAO forecasts that global food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050.... Even if there might not be a threat to global food security, the affordability factor can threaten food security in many parts of Africa unless local production is increased and sustained.... Africa holds around 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land and could grow enough food, not only to meet its own needs, but to export surpluses. As Kofi Annan, Ex-UN Secretary General and the current Chair of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (http://www.agraalliance.org) said at COP 17, “Africa has enormous potential if the right agricultural policies are adopted and funded”’. The Secretary General further mentioned that, ‘the national irrigation and water management authorities in Africa have an important role to play. Our National Committees in Africa have the opportunity to take the required lead and bring together various players involved in providing water for use in agriculture’. 4.2 Objectives A series of capacity building and training workshops will be organised and conducted over the next 3 years under the theme of “Water for food”. The aim of the workshops is to support/capacitate different participants to strengthen/enhance capabilities to systematically increase household food security..

Author: Sandra Payen, Claudine Basset-Mens and Sylvain Perret

Year: 2015,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Sangam Shrestha, Saroj Adhikari, Mukand S. Babel, Sylvain R. Perret and Shobhakar Dhakal

Year: 2015,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Asmat Ulla, Sylvain R. Perret, Shabbir H. Gheewala, and Peeyush Soni

Year: 2015,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Task Force on Financing Water for Agriculture (TF-FIN), ICID

Year: 2014,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

For successful completion of TF-FIN two issues were paramount: First, all task force members had to prepare papers on the country they are representing for the specific workshop topic per meeting. If a specific member was not interested or capable of preparing the paper, they were free or obliged to nominate a colleague from that country to do so. Second, the content of the paper for each topic must be informed by the questions which guide the activities of the Task Force. In this regard, the ICID Task Force on Financing Water for Agriculture (TF-FIN) was therefore established with the focus of gaining better understanding and insight of: (i) the required investments in agricultural water, and the beneficiaries of these investments, (ii) the presently available financing mechanisms and constraints for maintaining or improving physical irrigation capacity; and (iii) the expected changes and innovations for more appropriate financing mechanisms to enable sustainable water use for food production. Based on contributions by the members of the Task Force who actively participated, a final report consisting of 4 parts was completed.

Author: ICID

Year: 2013,

Type: Special Publication,

Working together with various international institutions the Working Group on Drainage (WG-Drainage) of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has provided a number of publications dedicated exclusively to various facets of agriculture drainage. The present DVD entitled ?Agriculture Drainage Digest (1973-2013)? is another such effort by the WGDrainagethat compiles all the possible publications addressing the theory and practise of drainage in one place and make it easily accessible in electronic format. It is hoped that this DVD will be another gem in the knowledge series brought out by ICID through the activities of its WGs from time to time.

Author:

Year: 2013,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author:

Year: 2013,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author:

Year: 2013,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Dr. Karim Shiati (Iran), Mr. Taner Kimence, Prof. Dr. Riza Kanber (Turkey), Mr. B.C. Vishwakarma (India), Mr. Uttam Raj Timilsina (Nepal), Mr. Waseem Nazir (Pakistan), Dr. Fransisca (Indonesia), Ms. Zalilah binti Selamat, Mr. Thian Kim Tai (Malaysia), Mr. Olm Myint (Myanmar), Dr. Arthons Suttigarn (Thailand), Dr. Gao Zhanyi, Mr. Li Daixin (China), Prof. Dr. Kuo Sheng-Feng (Chinese Taipei), Mr. Shinsuke Ota, Dr. Takao Masumoto (Japan), Prof. Dr. Kim Tai-Cheol (Korea), Mr. Yutaka Sumita,Mr. Mitukuni Watanabe (Japan)

Year: 2012,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & Electronic

The Asian Regional Working Group (ASRWG) organized several workshops and seminars on the subject. It set up an Asian Regional Task Force on Climate Change (ARTF-CC) to study the effects of climate change in the field of irrigation and drainage in Asia. The participating countries were: China, Indian, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and Turkey. The study was carried out in two steps. This status report is based on the outcomes of these deliberations and case studies.

Author: ICID

Year: 2011, ISBN: 978-81-89610-4

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Tidal areas exist all over the world along the coasts.? Generally they are sensitive areas with a high ecological value.? Due to their physical conditions and environmental value they are normally left as such and spared from development.? However, due to strategic reasons, in many locations there are often tremendous pressures to develop these areas for various types of land uses.? Thus, ICID Working Group on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas (WG-SDTA) held several workshops, seminars and meetings during last decade in order to prepare this publication.? The publication presents the principles and guidelines for engineers and the decision makers for sustainable development of tidal areas.? The publication is based on experiences from specialists in various densely populated countries, like China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.? The publication is based on three principles: optimal use of land and water resources, disaster prevention, and the preservation of biodiversity for present and future generations.

Author: ICID

Year: 2010,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

This CD gives detailed information about International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and answers following questions:?? What is ICID? ? Who are its members? ? How it works? ? What is its contribution? ? How it meets challenges? This handy computer software can be very useful for persons/ organizations interested in knowing about ICID and participation in its activities.

Author: ICID

Year: 2010, ISBN: 81-89610-16-3

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

The MTD was first published in English and French languages in 1967 as a hardcopy version. In 1996, the Dictionary was thoroughly revised and a new hardcopy version of this second edition was published. Thereafter it was decided to bring out the next revised edition of the MTD on CD-ROM which was published in 2000. With updated software and more option facilities, the 4th edition of the MTD (English-French) was brought out on CD-Rom in 2002. Soon after the first edition of the MTD was published in 1967, the National Committees of ICID world over felt the need to translate this useful dictionary into their own local languages also for the benefit of their national professionals working in that language. This was primarily the objective of naming the dictionary as 'multilingual'. Thus, with the commendable efforts of the ICID National Committees, the MTD has been translated so far in 14 languages in the past, besides English and French. These national versions of the MTD were initially translated based on the first edition published in 1967. Some of the National Committees later also brought out their next translated editions in local languages based on the 1996 edition of the MTD and others revised them from the 2002 version of the English-French MTD. Thus, the terms contained in the national versions of the Dictionary translated in the local languages of the countries may not be identical or have exact (one-to-one) correspondence with those in the English-French MTD that has been revised more frequently. With the present 5th revised and updated edition of the MTD on CD-ROM, we have great pleasure to add 3 additional languages, viz., Chinese, Russian and Japanese together with English and French. As mentioned above, while the English and French terms have exact correspondence term by term, the others do not have this, having been translated from different editions of the MTD. The Central Office has by itself tried to organize the Chinese and Russian terms and definitions in the desired format to be able to bring them on this CD-Rom, despite the fact that it is not conversant with these languages. A likelihood of some error creeping in due to this is not ruled out. The aim has been to attempt a dictionary that is multilingual, despite odds. A facility exists whereby the errors may be corrected through web. The Japanese National Committee also worked hard to provide us the terms and definitions in Japanese language in the format required and we are happy to include the same on this platform. We hope to add the Indian versions in Hindi and Marathi languages also in the near future. Over the years the science, art and technology in the field of irrigation and drainage have undergone significant innovation, refinement and in some cases, changes. Additionally, new challenges such as climate change have surfaced during the past few years. These have a great bearing on the contents of the dictionary on irrigation and drainage. With the new challenges there appeared some new terminology in some areas, while some terms and definitions hitherto used became rather obsolete. The Working Group on Dictionary had the mandate to identify suitable experts who will be willing to undertake the work of going through the 2002 version of the Dictionary and suggesting modification, deletion or addition of the technical terms and their definitions in the context of their present day usage as relevant to the discipline of irrigation drainage, flood management and allied subjects. The WG was able to identify reviewers for 22 chapters out of 25, which have been now revised, while the remaining 3 chapters will be revised in the next version.

Author: ICID

Year: 2008, ISBN: 81-89610-08-2

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

ICID instituted 'WatSave Awards' in 1997 to recognize professionals for their outstanding contribution to water saving in agriculture across the world. Since its establishment, there has been an overwhelming response and over 135 nominations from ICID national committees were received. So far, 24 awards have been given to the professionals coming from 12 countries across the world. Earlier, a booklet providing primary information about the water saving practices adopted by some of the ICID member countries was published in 1995. Subsequently, a comprehensive document "THE WATSAVE SCENARIO" comprising information received from 27 countries was published in 1997. The document was very well received not only by ICID member countries but by international organizations, as well. This document is a compilation in a different form. Besides bringing out in a generic sense selected experts across the world have contributed to enhance its contents. The case studies of successful water savings from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Egypt, Korea, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Turkmenistan, and USA are highlighted and as obvious, water saving efforts is more conspicuous in countries having significant irrigated agriculture. It is hoped that the innovative ideas and practices captured in this compilation would enthuse other countries and ICID's mission to spread 'best practices' would stand accomplished. This book will be a rich source of knowledge and reference work providing an inspiration for those professionals engaged in aspiring 'more and more crop per drop'.

Author: Chinese-Taipei Committee (CTCID), Iranian National Committee (IRNCID), Irrigation Australia Limited (Incorporating Australian National Committee ofICID, ANCID), Japanese National Committee (JNC-ICID)

Year: 2008, ISBN: 81-89610-12-0

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & Electronic

Of the world?s 50 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 15 are located in Asia and remaining are in Africa and South America. Development and management of irrigation, drainage and flood control play a key role in poverty eradication and increasing the productivity of agriculture in LDCs. ICID in 2003 established a Task Force for Least Developed Countries in Asia (TF-LDCs-AS) to investigate the problems and needs of LDCs and to identify the priority issues that need to be addressed for their development. It was found that the LDCs are facing problems like ? capital shortage, poor governance, limited capacity to service financial borrowings, inadequate legal systems, and underdeveloped farmer organizations. This book contains various recommendations towards promoting irrigation and drainage in LDCs of Asia.

Author: Graziano Ghinassi (Italy)

Year: 2008, ISBN: 81-89610-11-2

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Improvement of on-farm irrigation efficiency is important not only to enhance the overall irrigation efficiency of the irrigation schemes but also to boost the crop water productivity. Worldwide, the use of sprinkler and micro irrigation methods have been steadily increasing in order to cope with declining water withdrawals to irrigation, better use of other farm inputs like - seed, fertilizers and chemicals, energy, etc. besides increasing crop yields. At the same time, these pressurized irrigation technologies should not be considered as a panacea for improved on-farm water management. Experience has shown that if these systems are not designed, operated, and maintained properly, they may not give the expected benefits and even in some situations may adversely affect the crop growth. It is therefore essential to carry out periodic diagnostic analysis and performance evaluation of the pressurized irrigation systems to ensure that they are operating optimally. ICID Working Group on On-Farm Water Management (WG-ON-FARM) has been promoting the science and art of on-farm technology with a view to improve irrigation management and optimal use of various resources, and technology transfer worldwide. Among the pressurized irrigation, micro irrigation technology is expanding by leaps and bounds. Today about 14% of the total world irrigated area is equipped with sprinkler and micro irrigation systems. Many new and innovative products are being produced by the researchers and manufacturers. This publication 'Manual for Performance Evaluation of Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation Systems in Different Agro-Climatic Regions of the World' is the third in its series. The manual is authored by Dr. Graziano Ghinassi, Member WG-ON-FARM and Researcher, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, University of Florence, Italy. Dr. Ghinassi has a long and varied field experience in conducting performance evaluation tests of different types of sprinkler and micro irrigation systems. Although, there are many publications on performance evaluation of on-farm irrigation methods, this manual is different due to its own unique approach. It provides a comprehensive information both, theoretical and practical; these inter-alia include appropriate performance indicators, field evaluation techniques and factors affecting irrigation systems performance etc. Dr. Ghinassi has touched upon the practical aspects and provided minute details on various performance indicators and their field testing. The use of several diagrams/ sketches and field pictures, besides case studies from various countries enhance the value of the work.

Author: ICID

Year: 2007,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

As a contribution to the Sector Vision on Water for Food and Rural Development for the Second World Water Forum at The Hague in March 2000, ICID presented a draft Strategy for Implementing the Sector Vision. This Strategy document was further improved, updated and finalised through eight regional visions, 43 country reports and several deliberations within ICID. The Document was approved by the International Executive Council (IEC). Based on the recommendation emanating from the Strategy Theme 'Policy' presented at the 50th IEC meeting in Cape Town, South Africa in 2000 and the decision of IEC to provide ICID inputs to the Third World Water Forum to be held in Kyoto, Japan in 2003, the following special Task Forces were set up: TF1?: To Guide ICID Preparation of ICID Inputs for the Third World Water Forum TF2?: To Develop Position Paper on Global Issues related to Food Production, Security and Food Trade TF3?: To Prepare ICID Position Paper on Socio-Economic Sustainability of Services provided by Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Schemes in Water Resources Sector. At the 51st IEC held in Seoul, Korea in 2001, the following two more Task Forces were set up: TF4?: Benchmarking of Irrigation and Drainage Projects TF5?: Promoting Appropriate Decision-Making Procedures for New Dams, particularly for Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Management. All the above TFs completed their assigned tasks by 2004. This CD-ROM presents the findings of the Task Forces in the form of reports produced by them.

Author:

Year: 2007,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Moshe Sne (Israel)

Year: 2006, ISBN: 81-89610-09-0

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Over the past three decades, micro irrigation as a technology has matured into a reliable water and fertigation management system for crop production. The usage of micro irrigation is increasing world over, especially in arid and semi-arid regions as an effective water conservation and demand management measure to cope up with the increasing scarcity of water in agriculture. The micro irrigated area grew gradually from 1.1 million ha in 1986 to about 3.0 million ha in 2000. Today, the micro irrigation is practiced in more than 70 countries covering an area of over 6 million ha showing the doubling of area just in the last six years.?Based on the initiative of Working Group on On-Farm Irrigation Systems (WG-ON-FARM), the Central Office ICID in collaboration with the Israel National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ISCID) brought out these guidelines.?The book contains 14 chapters and provides information on the latest developments in micro irrigation system components, practical aspects of water treatment and filtration, fertigation, monitoring and control, and maintenance of micro irrigation systems. Israel has been a pioneering country in the field of pressurized irrigation technology, especially in micro irrigation. Mr. Moshe Sne, the author of the book has a vast experience in the planning, designing and implementation of micro irrigation systems. The book has a sizeable illustrations and tables.?The step by step procedure of planning and design of micro irrigation system for variety of crops are given in a scientific manner in a lucid language with some practical examples.?This guideline will be a valuable reference book for irrigation engineers, practising professionals in water management, students, farmers, manufacturers and all those dealing with the subject of micro irrigation.

Author: Masaharu Kuroda (Japan)

Year: 2005, ISBN: 81-89610-01-5

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Rainfall does not always fall uniformly, even in humid regions. Rainfall events have large seasonal or irregular fluctuations. Upland irrigation, therefore is necessary in humid regions in order to keep the soil moisture at desired level. Intensive cultivation is essential in order to harvest high quality fruits and vegetables, and careful water application via irrigation is very essential. The publication deals with all aspects of micro irrigation system like planning and design taking into consideration the special characteristics viz., climate, crops, farming systems and cropping patterns, etc. pertaining to the project area. It summarizes information about ?on-farm micro irrigation? from published manuals and guidelines dealing with upland irrigation in Japan, with particular reference to humid areas. It provides information on computation of consumptive use/crop water requirements in humid climate and different layouts of micro irrigation with special reference to Japanese situation. For demonstrative purposes, the author has provided a detailed mathematical analysis of planning and designing of a farm pond.

Author: J. van Duivendijk (The Netherlands)

Year: 2005, ISBN: 81-85068-89-5

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Flood Management (or flood risk management) concerns all actions related to the control of floods, the mitigation of flooding and, after such flood control and mitigative measures have been implemented, the management of the residual risk of flooding. In order to decide on an optimum solution of flooding problems, it is necessary to know the extent of damage caused by floods of different magnitudes/probabilities. A logical method of assessing such damage for use in the selection of a flood protection system is presented in this Manual. An effort has been made to formulate recommendations for the application of a certain return period as a function of the considerations mentioned in the Manual. Advantages and disadvantages of a standard level of protection have been mentioned. Reasons for adopting a certain level of protection for a certain area (such as loss of human life), has been discussed including related political, economic or psychological considerations. Further, the use of hydrodynamic mathematical models of the deterministic type for carrying out flood management has been described. The purpose and effectiveness of certain mathematical models for understanding the flooding phenomenon for studying and testing flood control measures and, finally, for calculating various flood parameters has also been described. In all, this Manual covers all management strategies for flood mitigation involving structural approaches and complements ICID?s Manual on Non-Structural Approaches to Flood Management.

Author: M.G. Bos, IILRI, The Netherlands; M.A. Burton, ITAD-Water, UK; D.J. Molden, IWMI, Sri Lanka

Year: 2005,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & Electronic

Effective irrigation and drainage systems are essential if growing demands for water resources are to be met. For the use of water for irrigation to be improved we must understand current levels of performance. This book draws together the growing body of knowledge on irrigation and drainage performance assessment that has been gained over the last twenty years. It provides guidelines for practitioners to enable them to design and carry out performance assessment and implement performance-based management. Developed by a working group of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) it provides a generic framework for performance assessment with guidance on the theory and practice of how to audit and assess the performance of irrigation and drainage schemes.

Author: Author: Herve Plusquellec (USA)

Year: 2004, ISBN: 81-85068-88-7

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Conservation of water resources is becoming increasingly important as the demand for water from agriculture, domestic and industrial sectors and ecosystem rises rapidly and the new sources of supply become scarcer. There is increasing evidence that conventional methods using hard/rigid surfaces to reduce seepage losses from irrigation canals are not performing as expected. Drainage problems are often amplified as a result of excessive seepage losses from canals. In this context, adoption of innovative construction techniques in irrigation and drainage projects with the use of geosynthetics is an important step forward. The generic term ?Geosynthetics? is used to designate construction materials produced by the chemical and textile industry for use in geotechnical engineering. The geosynthetics industry, during the last three decades has developed a wide range of materials that are useful in the development of irrigation and drainage projects, especially for controlling seepage and erosion. Geosynthetics now provide unprecedented possibilities for design and construction of low embankment dams, cost effective solutions for slope and channel protection, and long term solution for control of seepage losses from reservoirs and channels. It is now possible to find a geosynthetic material that meets project specifications and has durability consistent with the project design life, even under extreme climatic conditions. Experience of application of geo-synthetics in several countries has amply proved their superiority over the traditional hard/ rigid lining materials in respect of quality, saving in cost and time of installation, especially for irrigation canals in operation. The book provides information on the wide range of geosynthetics and their potential application to irrigation and drainage projects. The controversial issue of lining or not irrrigation canals and the design and construction issues of lining with conventional hard materials or with the use of geosynthetics is discussed. Special attention is given to the techniques to line existing canals with minimum interruption of irrigation service with the use of geocells, concrete-filled mattresses or field fabricated geocomposite for example. Finally the book discusses the selection of geomembranes based on the technical service requirements-and not purely on cost considerations-and discusses the two main procurement methods based either on material-specific or performance-specifications. The book contains more than 20 coloured photographs of actual installations and use of geosynthetics in various irrigation projects world over. The book provides a list of international organizations involved in the development of geosynthetics and providing services to the industry and to their clients, model of performance-type technical specifications for the supply and installation of geomembranes, and technical specifications for the supply of laboratory equipments. This book is of great interest to various agencies dealing with execution of irrigation and drainage projects, irrigation and drainage engineers, planners, and financing and research institutions. It is hoped that it will stimulate consideration of the use of geosynthetics in upgrading existing irrigation systems in need of rehabilitation and modernization. The book will be useful, particularly for developing countries where its application is not keeping pace with the development of geosynthetics industry but massive investments are taking place for modernization/rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems. ICID has brought out this book to keep the professionals abreast with the advances in the rapidly changing and expanding geosynthetics technology. Mr. Plusquellec, author of the book, has compiled available information on different types of geosynthetic materials and provided practical tips for selection, installation, procurement and quality control to facilitate safe design and construction of structures incorporating geosynthetics. Mr. Plusquellec has extensive field experience in design, management and performance assessment of irrigation projects world over during his tenure with the World Bank. He has direct experience in the use of geosynthetics in large irrigation projects in Middle East, South Asia and China. Geosynthetics experts Mr. Michael Snell, UK and Mr. Peter Stevenson, Secretary, International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) have reviewed the document and Prof. J.P. Giroud, President Hon., IGS has provided prologue to the publication.

Author: H. Fahlbusch, Bart Schultz, and C.D. Thatte

Year: 2004, ISBN: 81-85068-77-1

Type: Special Publication, Format: Prnt

This publication provides a historical picture of the past and present of the Indus Basin covering an area of 1.15 million sq km. The mighty Indus River, originating at a height of 5,494 + MSL near Mansarovar Lake in Tibet in the Himalayas, flows for 2,880 km to meet the Arabian Sea. This is the sixth largest river of the world whose agriculture-centred civilization belongs to the fifth millennium BC, only second to that of Euphrates/Tigris of 7th millennium, but older than Nile?s of 4th millennium, or that of Huang Ho (Yellow river) of 2nd millennium. In terms of water carried, the Indus flow is three times Nile?s, ten times Colorado?s and equal to Columbia?s. Agriculture, like in other contemporary civilizations, was the backbone of Indus too. Megasthenes and Fa-Hsien, as also the modern archaeologists and historians have all eloquently described the magnificence of this basin, its agriculture and artistic skill of its people as evidenced from excavated pottery, stone work, sculpture and seals. Kalibangan excavations in present western Rajasthan (2450-2300 BC) shows a ploughed field, the first site of this nature in the world. It shows grid of furrows, placed about 30 cm apart running east-west and other spaced about 190 cm apart running north-south, a pattern remarkably similar to the one practiced even now. The great bath at Mohenjo-Daro deployed an ingenious hydraulic system. The level of urbanization was seemingly far more advanced than in other contemporary civilizations. Cities were divided into the citadel and residential areas and the streets ran straight, following a grid iron pattern. The houses were built of burnt bricks with remarkable drainage system using ceramic drain pipes, covered sewers and vaulted sub-terranean conduits. Like all the tropical monsoon basins, the Indus Basin has been experiencing floods of varying magnitudes from time immemorial. The archaeological explorations in search of Indus Valley Civilization have revealed the existence of embankments on river banks to protect cities. The founder of Mughal dynasty in India in the early 16th century, Babur, gave in his memoirs called ?Baburnamah? a vivid description of natural history and prevalent modes of irrigation practices in India at that time. The fields were irrigated by transporting water through inundation canals making use of rivers in spate and by sailaba (flooding) irrigation. The dug wells were also put to use to draw water for irrigation. The existence of Karezs (underground water channels) and lifting devices called charas, shaduf or dhenkli, rati and Persian wheels indicates extensive use of groundwater for irrigation. The early stone dams, called Gabar Bunds, and terrace dams, called Kach Bunds, have been found in the arid regions of Sindh and Balochistan, delta area and south-western part of Sindh. The Gabar Bunds captured and stored annual runoff from surrounding mountains to be made available to tracts under cultivation. With the introduction of canal irrigation in the basin during British rule, necessary legal framework to bring about orderly use and regulation of water also got built-up and levy system of cess/toll/dues on some canals for irrigation/navigation was started. By about 1880, the old settled regions of the Punjab comprising lands carrying proprietory rights had been provided with irrigation facilities either by constructing new canals or by remodelling and restoration of old canals. Warabandi (rotational) system of water distribution amongst users is the hallmark of Indus basin that has worked well for centuries. Various types of warabandi, such as bhaichara (brotherhood), khatewar (farmers? title wise), nakkewar (farm inlet wise) etc. are still being practised with astounding success. At places, the overuse of irrigation water has given rise to the twin problems of waterlogging and salinity affecting productivity. Efforts are on to tackle the menace. The basin is home to an internationally acclaimed water sharing accord, called the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 that has survived the test of time. The large infrastructure development in the basin comprising dams, barrages, canals, minors etc. has helped in transformation of the basin as a bread basket for the two countries. Constantly improving command area development and management, besides on-farm developmental works, have imparted better productivity in the region. The irrigation system in the Indus basin is today perhaps world?s largest integrated and physically contiguous system, in a densely populated region that crossed a population figure of 196 million in 1991.

Author: Edited by G. Csek? and L. Hayde

Year: 2004, ISBN: 81-85068-85-2

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

River Danube, also called variously as Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav or Dunarea in different countries, originates in the high Schwarzwald massif and flows for 2,857 km across Europe to meet the Black Sea and traverses on its way through glacier-covered mountains, karst formations, forests, highlands and uplands, plateaus with deeply carved river valleys and plains as an international waterway connecting nine (previously seven) countries. With its 817,000 sq km catchment area, it is ranked 25th in the world and length- and discharge wise the second largest river (after Volga) in Europe, crossing 22 geographical latitudes joining nine countries - Austria, Bulgaria, erstwhile Czechoslovakia (covering Bohemia and Slovakia since 1993), Germany, Hungary, Romania and former Yugoslavia (covering Croatia and Serbia since 1989). The rich, fertile basin has been the centre of attraction for the trading nations, as also for the conquerors and nomads since the earliest times. In the 8th to 7th century BC, Phenicians, Egyptians, and Greeks entered the Danube estuary initiating trade contacts with the local population. In the 6th century BC, the Persian monarch, Darius the First, attempted to occupy the territories adjacent to lower Danube basin. Alexander the Great of Macedonia attempted its occupation in 334 BC. In the first century AD, the upper Danube formed a part of Roman Empire. In the years 101 - 106 AD, the Roman Emperor Traianus defeated the Dacian tribes who were settled in the lower Danube basin. Up to the year 271 AD when Romans retreated, water use for agriculture had started. During 6th to 17th century, irrigation techniques and water mills saw a marked development, though complex water capturing projects for new agricultural lands could be possible only towards the end of 19th century. The earliest measures of hydraulic engineering on the Danube have been recorded by or attributed to the monasteries of Niederaltelch (founded by monks in 731) and Oberalteich. Meadow irrigation in the idyllic tributary valley of the Lauchert in Germany goes back to 16th century. The oldest known document on irrigation regulation originates from the year 1584. Numerous documents and plans for meadow irrigation are preserved from the 19th century. In Bulgaria, agriculture became the main occupation of the people during 9th ? 11th century. The Byzantine rule in 11th ? 12th century encouraged agriculture up to 1396, when its decline fragmented the region. The uprising of 1876 in Bulgaria marked the beginning of organised rice agriculture. The drainage activities were started here in 1920 and river training in 1927. Water syndicates were subsequently constituted. Bulgaria today has a highly developed scientific base for agriculture. Austria?s oldest irrigation canal of the 12th century was called ?Kehrbach? connecting the Leitha River at Wiener Neustadt. Old irrigation systems, mostly built along natural gradients, can be found in Lower Austria in the Waldviertel region and the Amstetten district. The practice of irrigation in Nitra River Valley during 1615 - 1620 is evidenced by the first report of irrigation of the year 1673 in Bohemia part of erstwhile Czechoslovakia, even though the drainage of swamps and peat bogs started in 10th century. The flood control measures in Czechoslovakia were initiated through Bel? canal (1440), L?nsky canal (1450), Golden channel (1506 - 1520), Opatovicky canal (1554) and Nov? Reka channel (1585 - 1590). Bulk of water regulation, flood control and drainage works in Hungary was completed in the third and fourth centuries. The initiation of flood control program for Tisza River from 1830 and its tributaries in 1890?s was necessitated due to increase in population and need for improved river based transportation in Hungary. Large scale drainage projects in Hungary actually started in 1880-1890. At that time, about 2,300 km of drainage canals in the Danube valley and 3,800 km in the Tisza valley drained harmful excess waters. The canal network length doubled in the following decade and 103 pumping stations supported drainage activities. Yugoslavia?s Pannonian Basin is reported to be the oldest region where agriculture was practiced. Years 1818 - 1820 marked the construction of dykes on the left of Tisza River and the first water cooperative came to be formed in 1845. The first water act was promulgated in 1869. In Romania, plant cultivation was practiced in the south-west of the Carpathian ? Danubian - Pontic zone from the end of the 6th millennium and the beginning of 5th century BC simultaneously with the first Neolithic expansion. In advanced Neolithic period, human traction was replaced by bovine traction, deploying cows, being more docile, rather than bulls. Oldest dams attested archaeologically in Romania are the earth dams forming ponds on the minor hydrographical network on the south-west Transylvania plain. This book presents a chronological evolution of the history, art, science and technique of irrigation, drainage and flood management in the riparian countries of Danube River, viz., Austria, Germany, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania from the olden times to the period up to 1980.

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Year: 2004,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Dr. Henning Fahlbusch, Germany

Year: 2001, ISBN: 81-85068-76-3

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

On the eve of its 52nd Annual International Executive Council Meeting and 1st Asian Regional Conference in Seoul, Korea ICID has brought out a History publication ?Historical Dams? edited by Dr. Henning Fahlbusch, Chairman, ICID Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) comprising 19 chapters contributed by eminent international experts and historians. This publication presents not only the history of dams, historical dams, and the history of development of technologies for various types of dams, but it also highlights the skills and techniques deployed by the builders since olden times.?The description of the oldest large earthen dam - ?Sadd-el-Kafara? built around 2700 BC is a poem of spirited imagination translated into undaunting action. An unprecedented flood may have washed away the structure, but in turn the catastrophe generated a good learning experience for future. Storage created in Fayum Depression at the time of Middle Empire (2122-1786 BC) in Egypt; water management in antiquity in the Urartu Kingdom (850-600 BC); development of ?Qanats?, a means to use groundwater in Iran; dam-building activity in Spain, Central Europe, and by Nabataeans, old Sudanese Kush Empire, and the old Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; development of the Mining Ponds in Upper Harz in Germany; and construction of various types of dams during the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, and in Spain and Danube area of Europe present an interesting historical narration.?History is not a mere transition to posterity, it is a great teacher to those who strive to transform the society for the better. The efforts of past builders and engineers to develop innovative, safe and sound engineering designs are a fine exhibition of their irrepressible zeal to favourably manoeuver the vagaries of Nature for overall socio-economic development. This publication presents a fascinating insight into the earlier techniques of dam construction - not so refined from present standards, but wellnigh innovative. Covering the history of dam building in several of present day countries, this book is a useful and authentic compilation of hydraulic engineering feats for storage of water through structures of various types and sizes.

Author: ICID

Year: 2001,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

Water Saving / conservation in irrigated agriculture has become increasingly important for adequate food production, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. ICID, through its WatSave Work Team (WT-WATS) strives to promote water saving programmes to enhance sustainable development of irrigated agriculture worldwide. The CD-ROM presents a compilation of various activities carried out by ICID in this subject during last five years. It contains two popular publications entirely, viz. WatSave Activities; Some Lessons and Experiences? and WatSave Scenario published in 1995 and 1998, respectively. WatSave Award winning papers from China, Egypt, and Spain, and papers presented in the ?International WatSave Workshop? held at Cape Town, South Africa in October 2000 are also included. The CD-ROM provides an insight into the state-or-art on water saving measures/practices adopted and planned by ICID member countries.

Author: Dr. Hafied A. Gany

Year: 2001,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Jean Goussard, France

Year: 2000, ISBN: 81-85068-73-9

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Canal operation simulation models are acknowledged as very efficient tools for improving the design and operation of irrigation canal systems. The development of low-cost powerful personal computers has given access to computer simulation to a large number of potential users. Typically, the use of such models can be of great help for the comparison of various design alternatives, for the development and tuning-up of operational strategies and automatic control algorithms, and for operation or training.? In view of this, the erstwhile Working group on Construction, Rehabilitation and Modernisation of Irrigation Projects (WG-CONST), decided at its 1996 Cairo Session to prepare a catalogue of the canal operation simulation models currently available to potential users. The present document is a synthesis of the responses to a questionnaire that was sent to all national Committees of ICID and to organizations and individuals involved in development or use of such programs.? This report includes a description of 19 models that are currently in use around the world to assist with the operation of canal distribution systems. The document provides basic information on each of the models and details of model developers or licensing agents from whom the models can be obtained, and will be an invaluable source of information to those system designers and operators worldwide seeking to improve water delivery services.

Author: Peter S. Lee, UK

Year: 2000, ISBN: 81-85068-75-5

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This report is the result of the survey undertaken by the Working Group on Development and Management of Irrigation Systems (WG-DMIS). It has been clear for some time now that there is a close relation between the institutional and management arrangements and the performance of irrigation and drainage systems. This second survey of OM&M funding revealed many important findings about the structure of the irrigation authorities charged with the management of irrigation and drainage. It also reveals some important relations between certain types of organisations and their ability to operate and maintain irrigation and drainage infrastructure to provide services in a sustainable manner. As we enter a new century of irrigation and water resources development institutional performance will play a critical role in managing water for sustainable agriculture. This publication will be of great interest to irrigation and drainage practitioners, researchers and managers with a particular interest in institutional development.

Author: Alain Vidal, France

Year: 2000, ISBN: 81-85068-72-0

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems have been used for several years with various degrees of success in irrigation system management. There is an urgent need to provide irrigation and drainage managers and professionals with a guide that allows them to understand and master these tools, and to evaluate their appropriateness to their specific management problems. This methodological guide was initiated by AFEID (Association Francaise pour l?Etude des Irrigations et du Drainage) for the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. It has now been published after several years of collaborative effort at national and international levels, and aims to fill the information gap previously identified. Following the introduction which provides the reader with an overview of how to use the guide depending on their needs, the main text is structured into three sections: the basic elements on remote sensing and on its integration into GIS; a methodology for establishing geographic information base for an irrigation system, which represents a consensus of opinion in the AFEID working group; and examples of applications of remote sensing and GIS.

Author: ICID Central Office

Year: 2000,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

This CD gives detailed information about International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and answers following questions:?? What is ICID? ? Who are its members? ? How it works? ? What is its contribution? ? How it meets challenges? This handy computer software can be very useful for persons/ organizations interested in knowing about ICID and participation in its activities.

Author: William Price, USA

Year: 1999, ISBN: 81-85068-71-2

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Irrigated agriculture contributes more than one third of the food supply to the world population and it will have to continue to play a critical role in the coming century. Although the total irrigated area of the world is increasing, per capita availability of irrigated area is dwindling due to rapid population growth. Many irrigation projects built in the past are no longer irrigating their command area as originally envisaged. Construction cost of new irrigation schemes is increasing. Thus, improvement of productivity both, per unit of land and per unit of water are becoming equally important. Rehabilitation and/ or modernization of irrigation projects has been considered as one of the alternative to achieve afore-said twin objectives. The concepts of Rehabilitation and Modernization are not new ones. Both the strategies have been and are being implemented in numerous irrigation projects world-wide. Since Rehabilitation and Modernization requires substantial investment, the concerned planning and implementing authority should have a clear picture about its necessity and cost effectiveness. The preparation of this Guideline was initiated by Working Group on Development and Management of Irrigation Systems (WG-DMIS). The document is prepared with a view to providing Guidelines and sort of a checklist of several basic factors which need to be considered by the personnel involved in rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation projects, so as to arrive at an appropriate management decision. It is obvious that, each project has site specific issues. The Guidelines therefore will have to be sued in a broader context. It is hoped that this document will be of great assistance to those faced with the task of planning and implementing the rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation schemes, the world over.

Author: ?ICID - In Golden Jubilee Year: 1999-2000

Year: 1999, ISBN: 81-85068-70-1

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Various approaches are available for flood management. These comprise basically adjustments, adoption of one or more approaches being dictated by the situation, one is called upon to tackle. The attempts to manage the floods can be classified into following four main groups: (1) Attempts to modify the flood;?(2) Attempts to modify the susceptibility to flood damage;?(3) Attempts to modify loss burden;?(4) Preparing for and bearing the loss.?The first one calls for protection through physical structures and is termed a ?structural approach? whereas the other three, collectively are known as ?non-structural approaches?. The present manual discusses the non-structural approach and is an outcome of arduous effort put in by the ICID?s Working Group on ?Non-structural Aspects of Flood Management?.

Author: Mr. R. Rajkumar

Year: 1999,

Type: Special Publication,

Author:

Year: 1999,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author:

Year: 1998,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: ICID

Year: 1997,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Author: ICID, FAO

Year: 1997,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Author: World Bank, ICID

Year: 1997,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Author: ICID Central Office

Year: 1996, ISBN: 81-85068-57-7

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

After the first edition of ICID Multilingual Technical Dictionary, new technologies have developed and new practices in design, construction, operation and maintenance of irrigation, drainage and flood control works have come into vogue. Computer aided system analysis has further revolutionized the water and land management strategies. Keeping in view these, Multilingual Technical Dictionary has been revised covering latest fields of application. Present edition of the dictionary is outcome of efforts put in by 42 experts from 11 countries, 15 International Organizations and ICID National Committees. This revised edition contains 10273 terms with definitions related to the field of irrigation, drainage, flood control, hydrology, hydraulic structures, construction techniques, environmental impact and other allied disciplines under 22 Chapters. Illustrative sketches for 557 selected terms have been given for greater clarity. Index of all the terms in alphabetical order has been included both in English and French, at the end to facilitate quick search. The Dictionary, it is hoped would be highly useful for engineers, researchers, students, professionals, planners, designers, academics and all others related with the field of irrigation and drainage.

Author: RAJAD-IPTRID, ICID

Year: 1996,

Type: Special Publication, Format: ?

Author: Robert Hlavek, France

Year: 1995, ISBN: 81-85068-46-1

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This document has been brought out under the aegis of ICID ?Working Group on Mechanized Irrigation. It must be clear that the choice of the most appropriate irrigation system should not be made between two mechanized irrigation systems only. In every particular case, all existing alternatives must be considered whether they are hand-moved or fully automated. It is obvious that what is needed is not to propose ?the solution? but rather to draw the selection criteria which are required for the user to make his own decision. The document is divided into two parts : Part one, entitled ?The Condition of an Irrigation System Selection? includes, in detail, the possible selection criteria, drawing attention, on one hand to the possible interrelationship between criteria, and on the other hand to the relevance of the choice. This part defines briefly the types of equipment suitable for the study under consideration. A large section is reserved for the technical criteria. The major features (advantages, disadvantages) of the three irrigation methods, or ?large families? of irrigation techniques (surface irrigation/ sprinkler irrigation/ micro-irrigation) and their most important characteristics are presented. Part two, entitled ?The constraints to be satisfied by an irrigation System? presents in detail the constraints that affect the choice. It aims at specifying and improving the orientation given in Part One and should permit the choice of a ?technical solution?, generally within a given ?large family?. Particular attention is given in the Part Two, to the water delivery network case, because the selection at that level, depending on the situation, enlarges, or on the contrary restricts, the range of possible solution at farm level.

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Year: 1995,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1995,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1994,

Type: Special Publication,

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Year: 1994,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1994,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1994,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Jean Goussard, France

Year: 1993, ISBN: 81-85068-44-5

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

A high efficiency of the water conveyance systems for irrigation is imperative for improved productivity of irrigated areas and for avoiding wasteful use of water. Proper monitoring and control of the water delivery system can best be established through automation. An appropriate setup to suit the site-specific requirements can be developed with the use of modern computers and innovative designs for the regulators and control gates. This ICID publication deals with the concept and logic of automation as well as the details of the hardware that go with it. This publication on automation of canal irrigation systems is the contribution of the ICID Working Group on Construction, Rehabilitation and Modernization of Irrigation Projects. This document, intended to serve as a guideline to owners, designers, operators and users who are considering automation of the projects for which they are responsible, be it new projects under design, or existing projects in operation, is in two parts:?Part I Concepts, reviews the operational advantages of automation, the control tasks amenable to automation, possible configurations of the control system, and the various automatic control logics and methods.?Part II Equipment, describes the types of equipment and the techniques by means of which the concepts set out in Part I may be applied, including passive regulators, conventional gates with automatic controllers, self-operating gates, position - level and flow sensors, means of communication, and master station hardware.

Author: Jean Goussard

Year: 1993,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: T H Anstey

Year: 1992,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1992,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1990,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1990,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: World Bank, ICID

Year: 1989,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

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Year: 1987,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1987,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author:

Year: 1987,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Adi Marco

Year: 1987,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Allan S. Humpherys, USA

Year: 1986, ISBN: 81-85068-13-5

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Most of the irrigated land in the world is surface irrigated, with automation currently applied to only a small fraction of the total areas. Although irrigation efficiencies as high as 90 per cent or more are achievable for well-managed automation level basin systems (with pneumatic operators), the development of automated surface irrigation is still in its infancy and the number of commercially produced systems and components is small. The degree of automation varies from semi-automatic systems to fully automated systems. There is a large potential for the application of automated surface irrigation systems. This publication deals with on-farm irrigation and describes the state-of-the-art in automated surface irrigation worldwide. It discusses (a) Automation principles and design considerations; (b) Timers and controllers; (c) Open channel distribution systems; (d) Pipeline distribution systems; and (e) Future outlook. The publication is illustrated with photographs and figures.

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Year: 1985,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1985,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1984,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1984,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1984,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: K. K. Framji

Year: 1983,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This manual is compiled by international experts. It comprises seven chapters and a bibliography. Flood control methods and practices followed in Pakistan and India are given as Appendices I and II. The main features presented in the chapters of the Manual are : Introduction; 1. Flood hydrology - Types of floods - Elements of flood computation 2. Economics of flood control - Concept of flood control ? Classification of flood damages ?Estimation of the probability of flood damages ? Estimation of flood losses ?Flood damage records ? Estimation of the probability of flood damages ? Techno-economic possibilities of flood-damage prevention 3. Potential water detention/ retention methods - Impoundment storage ? Plain-land storage ? Land use and complete watershed management 4. Methods of by-passing and transferring flood discharges - By-pass floodway ? Parallel floodways ? Inter-basin, inter-catchment transfer floodways 5. Flood confinement - Flood levees ? Levee appurtenant works ? Construction of flood levees ? Maintenance of flood control structures ? River training and channel rectification 6. Flood fighting - Flood fighting organization ? Flood forecasting ? Flood fighting (levees) 7. Flood control measures - Control over the river (leveeing, channel improvement) ? Reservoir routing ? Hydrology of non-structural methods of flood damage reduction ? Annex I: Order on "Flood and drainage control emergency regulations" (Hungary) Bibliography - Appendix I - Flood control methods and practices in Pakistan; Appendix II - Flood control methods and practices in India

Author: K.K. Framji, B.C. Garg & S.D.L. Luthra

Year: 1983,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume presents in continuation of Volume I the development of irrigation and drainage in 36 countries including, inter alia, a general description of physiography; climate and rainfall; population and size of holdings; land resources; water resources; brief history of irrigation and drainage; irrigation and drainage methods used; statistics relating to irrigation and drainage; important relating to irrigation and drainage; important projects; field water management; problems relating to irrigation and drainage; present developments, future plans and potentials; administration of irrigation and drainage projects; economics of irrigation and drainage projects; financing of irrigation and drainage projects; new technology and its application; water laws and inter-state agreements; international water agreements and treaties; research on irrigation and drainage; and other features. The countries are: Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Vol.I), Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, UK, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen (Arab Republic of), Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of), Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

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Year: 1982,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: K.K. Framji

Year: 1981,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume comprises eleven State-of-the-art papers on selected important themes of topical interest in irrigation, drainage and flood control which emanate from a wider international community. These papers will be found valuable by the research workers and practical engineers alike and will hopefully provide inspiration for new ideas for advancement of knowledge in the field of their speciality. The papers are: 1. New methods of storage control - by Prof. Ing. Dr. Milos Holy, and Ing. Zdenek Kos (Czechoslovakia) 2. The environmental effects of irrigation schemes - by Dr. Letitia E. Obeng (UNEP) 3. R?flexions sur les points cruciaux de la gestion des eaux d'irrigation de drainage au niveau de la ferme dans les pays en voie de d?veloppement - par J.P. Raphel (OAA) 4. Computer simulation of the Colorado River for long-term operation studies - by Robert V. Barton (USA) 5. Crop-climate models - by Dr. Asit K. Biswas 6. Impact of irrigation on moisture and salt regimes of soils - by Dr. L.M. Reks (USSR)

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Year: 1981,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

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Year: 1980,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: ICID

Year: 1979,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume contains ten specialised papers contributed by experts and International Organizations. 1. A survey on salinity problems in southern parts of Iran 2. Gestion des ressources en eau souterraine - D?finition des projects d'exploitation - Prise en compte des principa? facteurs hydro dynamiques et economiques 3. Design of trickle laterals in Hungary 4. Les grandes machines d'arrosage - pr?sentation de la gamme du mat?riel existant 5. Point de vue des utilisateurs des machines ? arroser 6. Contribution to the hydraulics of soil erosion by thin sheet flow 7. Adaptation des reseaux collectifs d'irrigation par aspersion ? l'evolution des methodes d'arrosage 8. Solution of water recession in border irrigation 9. Agriculture and environment 10. Research and technological developments in irrigation and drainage water management

Author: K.K. Framji

Year: 1978,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume contains eleven selected State-of-the-art papers on various aspects of irrigation, drainage and flood control by international experts. The papers present current thinking and are valuable for advancement and dissemination of knowledge. The papers are: 1. Reclamation and environmental protection - by Dr. Josef Riha (Czechoslovakia) 2. Role of land reclamation in solving world food problems - by M. Grehan (FAO) 3. Measures for the quick utilization of irrigation potential created by new irrigation projects - by G.E. Papadopoulos (Greece) 4. Modern trends in mechanization of construction of irrigation and drainage projects - by Gordon P. Hawkins (USA) 5. Improvement of irrigation methods - by Prof. P.L. Romita and Dr. G.L. Galbiati (Italy) 6. Artificial groundwater recharge - by William C. Bianchi (USA) 7. Weed control in irrigation systems - By G.R. Sainty (Australia) 8. Saline and alkaline soils, their use, improvement and related problems - by Dr. V.A. Dukhovny (USSR) 9. L'Automatique dans I'irrigation (Automation in irrigation) - Coordinateur: J. Verdier (France) 10. Use of precast units in hydraulic structures construction - by B.V. Orlov and A.M. Volynov (USSR) 11. New solutions in the field of flood control - by K. Stelczer (Hungary)

Author: ICID

Year: 1978,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

In situations of high water table crops suffer from waterlogging and salinity. Appropriate drainage is the long-term remedial measures which can be horizontal drainage (open or buried drains) or vertical drainage (use of wells). An international team of experts have brought forth valuable information based on their experience in five chapters on the theme of the publication : 1. General: Deal with principles, application, comparison of vertical and horizontal drainage and irrigation wells. 2. Design Factors: Tubewell components, filters, screen, pump casing, well economics, pump and motor, well field design, and special wells. 3. Construction Materials: Well string components, filter material, pumps, pump house. 4. Construction: Drilling, logging and sampling, well string installation, gravel placement, development, testing, cleaning and sterilization, measurement and equipment. 5. Operation and Maintenance: Initial records, monitoring, maintenance, workshops, rehabilitation.

Author: Edited by: K.K. Framji

Year: 1977,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Rice (paddy) occupies a very important place among the staple food crops in the world: it constitutes 20 percent of harvested area and 25 percent of the world production of cereals. This book is divided into two parts: Part I traces the historical development of rice culture and is devoted to the factors like land and water management, basic studies on climatic conditions, consumptive use affecting the production of rice in 19 countries of the world. The world-wide survey as covered in this volume focuses attention on important aspects of rice irrigation to stimulate the thinking and presents recommendations for further studies. Part II presents the practices of rice cultivation in 19 countries of the world: Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia (now Kampuchea), China Mainland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, United States of America (USA).

Author: K.K. Framji and B.C. Garg

Year: 1977,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume presents in continuation of Volume I, 12 more country reports which deal with comprehensive and authentic account of flood control including, inter alia, a general description of rivers; fundamental systems of flood control; statistical data of floods, flood control problems; a comprehensive survey of flood protection methods; the legal, administrative, economic and financial aspects of floods; research on flood protection; international cooperation; and other important features of flood control. The countries covered are: Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States of America (USA) and Venezuela.

Author: K.K. Framji and B.C. Garg

Year: 1976,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume contains an introductory chapter and 15 country reports. The introductory chapter covers general survey of the development of flood control survey of the development of flood control measures and the latest practices adopted to mitigate the increasing flood damages, design aspects of flood control works, flood warning and flood forecasting system appraisal and financing of flood control projects, research, international cooperation and broad conclusions. The introductory chapter is followed by country reports. The country reports present a comprehensive and authentic account of flood control including, inter alia, a general description of rivers; fundamental systems of flood control; statistical data of floods; special flood control problems in the respective countries; a comprehensive survey of flood protection methods; the legal, administrative, economic and financial aspects of floods; research on flood protection; international cooperation and other important features of flood control. The countries covered are: ARE (Egypt), Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, and Japan. It is a very useful guide for engineers, planners and administrators dealing with the task of flood control.

Author: Compiled & Reviewed by: Joseph Shalhevet and Josephine Kamburov

Year: 1976,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Salinity problem exists particularly in semi-arid and arid areas where irrigation is widely used for food and fibre production. Without control of salinity of soil and in water the irrigation systems failed in the past due to man's inability to cope with salinity. The technology and concepts of saline water irrigation are sufficiently developed for sustained production today and are discussed by the experts in this publication. The book deals with quality of irrigation water, effects of saline water on soils and crops, reclamation of saline and sodic soils, economics of saline water irrigation and summarised general recommendations.

Author: K.K. Framji

Year: 1975,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

It comprises two parts: Part I: In addition to Messages and Greetings received from high dignitaries the world over, a comprehensive report of the Secretary-General highlighting the achievements of ICID between 1950-75 and suggestions for the future is given. Part II: Presents valuable reports on the development of irrigation, drainage and flood control from 33 countries: Arab Rep. Of Egypt, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Fed. Rep. Of Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, USSR, USA, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe.

Author: D. B. Kraatz (FAO), I. K. Mahajan (ICID)

Year: 1975,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Author: ICID

Year: 1974,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume contains 15 valuable papers contributed by experts: 1. Irrigation in semi-humid regions, effect on river supplies 2. Proposition pour le calcul du d?bit ? assigner aux canaux apportant l'eau pour la riziculture 3. Multipurpose project planning in developing countries 4. Conduits en poly?thyl?ne employ?s dans la technique de l'irrigation par aspersion (Exp?riences et contributions ? l'?tude hydraulique) 5. Flood analysis in the plains of Northern Germany 6. Application de l'automatisme dans l'exploitation d'un syst?me de r?seaux de drainage - Ente Delta Padano 7. Hydrological analysis of water application efficiency 8. Exp?riences sur le drainage active 9. Modelling of influenced runoff in plain catchments 10. L'?volution de la planification des utilisations hydriques dans la zone Ionienne pouille lucanie au cours des vingt derni?res ann?es 11. Activity of the ICID in the field of the human environment 12. National Water Conference - General Report 13. Water-yield relations I wheat-growing I the Negev, Isreal 14. Report on the realization of an automatic fixed irrigation plant with particular reference to the mechanical pipelaying systems 15. Investigation on some factors influencing the runoff

Author: K.K. Framji, I.K. Mahajan

Year: 1973,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Cotton has exercised a profound influence throughout the man's civilization. Despite the growth and spread of synthetic fibre and nylon textiles, cotton has the pride of first place among the cash crops. Very rapid progress in cotton growing calls for advanced technology and practices. This compilation based on reports from about 20 principal cotton-growing countries pools world-wide knowledge and experience on technological advances made on the theme of the publication. Eight chapters synthesize information from the country reports on economic importance of cotton irrigation I cotton-growing countries, meteorological and soil conditions, consumptive use of water for irrigated cotton under different soil and climatic conditions, cotton irrigation scheduling - research and findings, irrigation scheduling - field practices, irrigation methods, cultural practices, and conclusions and recommendations. At the end a bibliography of 603 references has been compiled.

Author: ICID

Year: 1972,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

The Technical Memoirs (T.M.) contain valuable specialised papers from experts on themes of topical interest and have appeared between triennial congresses of ICID. Presents twenty-one papers: 1. Drainage protection of the Imperial Valley Resource 2. Proposed measures for irrigation improvement and intensification 3. A method for determining the hydrologic parameters of the water-bearing formations in the Delta Region (ARE) from observations within the main pumping wells 4. A jet medium pressure pendulum-rocking sprinkler in conditions of wind and technical uniformity of watering 5. Contribution th?orique ? l'?tude du d?clenchement automatique de l'irrigation par aspersion 6. Some useful derivations for design of canal section by Manning's Equation 7. Some aspects of soil evolution on reclaimed lands in the Danube Delta (Ostrovul Tataru) 8. Development of a new procedure for the determination of the system capacity and management program for irrigation of transplanted rice 9. Regime of Tewfiki, Manufia and Behera main canals in Egypt 10. Exploitation pour l'irrigaton des zones inondables pendant les crues des cours d'eau naturels 11. Planning of drainage operations in the I jsselmeer polders in The Netherlands 12. Irrigation et assinissement dans les r?gions deltaiques coti?res et terres basses - Rapport de l'Ente Delta Padano' 13. The boundaries between laminar, transitory and turbulent zones in silt sedimentation 14. Research station network for evapotranspiration measurements in Hungary 15. The utilization of highly saline water by successive dilutions in the reclamation of sodic soils 16. Design of contracting and expanding transitions in open channel sub-critical flow 17. Non-steady radial flow to a fully penetrated pumping well in an infinite semi-confined aquifer 18. Contributions to the study of mechanical movement of laterals in sprinkler irrigation systems 19. Factors concerning the control of the water-courses 20. A study of the computation and estimation of effective rainfall of paddy fields by computer programming 21. Automatic gates installed in water control system of Reddy Creek Improvement District, Florida

Author: K.K. Framji

Year: 1972,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Design of irrigation canals is still based on empirical approaches than on any rational approach. It is, therefore, very important for the design engineer to have at one place design practices in vogue I different countries which have been evolved progressively from successful experience of generations. Such information does not appear to have been collectively assembled and this publication has been brought out to fill this lacuna. Information and data were sought through a questionnaire and comprehensive responses were received from 22 countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Spain, Turkey, USA, USSR, and Venezuela. Worked out examples have been given of the practices in a number of countries; and working diagrams and table shave been added to facilitate the derivation of various canal parameters. Both MKS and FPS systems have been adopted as the units of measurement. Formulae of Ch?zy, Ganguillet and Kutter, Bazin, Manning, Kennedy and Lacey have been given both in British and Metric systems.

Author: K.K. Framji, K.K. Mahajan

Year: 1972,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Among the staple food crops wheat occupies the most important place, i.e., about 32 per cent of world total of cereals harvested area account for wheat. The food production of the world has to keep pace with the exponential rising of population. It is, therefore, necessary to consider the ways and means of increasing wheat production through proper water management and other scientific measures. This publication, divided in two parts, presents a world-wide review in Part I which, inter alia, discusses factors affecting selection of land for wheat cultivation, land preparation, climatic conditions, wheat varieties, water management, climatic conditions, wheat varieties, water management methods of irrigation, farm hydraulic structures and control of water table, etc., soil management, water requirements including quality of water, consumptive use measurement, wheat yield in different countries, economics of wheat cultivation, recommendations for further studies. Part II presents country reports which comprise practices of wheat cultivation in 24 major countries; a bibliography of 536 references is compiled at the end. The countries are: Arab Rep. of Egypt, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Fed. Rep. of Germany, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rep. of China, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Romania, Spain, Turkey, USA and USSR.

Author: ICID

Year: 1970,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Le volume comm?moratif publi? ? l' occasion du ?me Anniversaire des Nations Unies et du 20?me Anniversaire de la CIID, traite du r?le vital de l'agriculture irrigu?e particuli?rement dans les sols arides et semi-arides. L'ouvrage tient compte des r?alisations accomplies dans le domaine de coop?ration internationale pur l'agriculture irrigu?e, et souligne la n?cessit? d'autres besoins et de directives pour l'avenir.

Author: ICID

Year: 1970,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

The commemorative volume brought out on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations and the Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations and the Twentieth Anniversary of ICID, deals with the vital role of irrigated agriculture particularly in arid and semi-arid regions where the development has been very rapid. The book takes stock of the achievements made in the field of international cooperation for irrigated agriculture and stresses the further needs and directions required in the future.

Author: K.K. Framji, B.C. Garg & S.D.L. Luthra

Year: 1969,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume contains an introductory chapter and 39 country reports. The Introductory Chapter presents an overview in English and French of the development of irrigation and drainage in international perspective. The country reports present a comprehensive and authentic account of the development of irrigation and drainage including, inter alia, a general description of physiography; climate and rainfall; population and size of holdings; land resources; water resources; brief history of irrigation and drainage; irrigation and drainage methods used; statistics relating to irrigation and drainage; important projects; field water management; problems relating to irrigation and drainage; present developments, future plans and potentials; administration of irrigation and drainage projects; economics of irrigation and drainage projects; financing of irrigation and drainage projects; new technology and its application; water laws and inter-state agreements; international water agreements and treaties; research on irrigation and drainage; and other features. The countries covered are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Chile, China (People's Republic of), Taiwan (Republic of China), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovaka, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt (ARE), El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France (Vol II), German Democratic Republic, Germany- Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, and Hungary.

Author: K.K. Framji, B.C. Garg & S.D.L. Luthra

Year: 1969,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

This volume presents in continuation of Volume I the development of irrigation and drainage in 36 countries including, inter alia, a general description of physiography; climate and rainfall; population and size of holdings; land resources; water resources; brief history of irrigation and drainage; irrigation and drainage methods used; statistics relating to irrigation and drainage; important relating to irrigation and drainage; important projects; field water management; problems relating to irrigation and drainage; present developments, future plans and potentials; administration of irrigation and drainage projects; economics of irrigation and drainage projects; financing of irrigation and drainage projects; new technology and its application; water laws and inter-state agreements; international water agreements and treaties; research on irrigation and drainage; and other features. The 36 countries included are: France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kampuchea, Kenya, Korea (Republic of), Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal and Puerto Rico.

Author:

Year: 1969,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: ICID

Year: 1967,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

The book deals with the significance of evaporation loss measuring methods and principles of evaporation control, the necessity of monolayer over the water surface to prevent evaporation losses and the various properties of monolayers, the methods of measurement of evaporation losses and evaluation thereof, economic aspects of measures adopted to prevent evaporation losses and finally the necessity of future studies on the subject. Although the book was published in 1967 the contents are of interest and use even today.

Author:

Year: 1955,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author:

Year: 1955,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Papers received

Year: 2023, ISBN: ISBN: 978–81–89610–35–7

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and eBook

Transactions of the 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), India, November 2023. Theme - Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture; Question 64: What alternative water resources could be tapped for irrigated agriculture?; Question 65: Which on-farm techniques can increase water productivity?; Symposium - Proceedings - International Symposium on Pathways and Technologies for Modern Irrigation Services; and Report - New Advances in Water Saving in Irrigation; Workshops - Proceedings - International Workshop on The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application; Proceedings - International Workshop on Innovated Agricultural Water Management under Climate Change; Proceedings - International Workshop on The State of Drainage Worldwide; and Proceedings - International Workshop on Global Challenges of Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas and the Integrated Solutions

Author: ICID

Year: 2022, ISBN: 978-81-89610-32-6

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and USB

Transactions of the 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Adelaide, Australia, October 2022. Theme - Innovation and research in agriculture water management to achieve sustainable development goals; Question 62: What Role Can Information And Communication Technology Play In Travelling The Last Mile?; Question 63: What Role Is Played By Multi-Disciplinary Dialogue To Achieve Sustainable Development Goals?; Special Session - Developing the future tools for managing uncertainty in irrigation water supply; Symposium - Integrated Approaches to Irrigation Management in Future Workshops - WG-MWSCD: International Workshop on ‘Managing on the Regional, State or Local Level, Water Scarcity Resulting from Conflicting Demands’; WG-SDTA: International Workshop on ‘Integrated Solution for Irrigation and Drainage Tails and Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas’; WG-AFM: International Workshop on ‘Adaptive Flood Management’; WG-WFE-N: International Workshop on ‘The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Example of Application’; WG-VE: Internal Workshop on ‘Value Engineering for Sustainable Water Projects’; WG-M&R: International Workshop on “Modernizing Irrigation Services”; WG-IOA: International Workshop on "Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Irrigation and Drainage Operation and Maintenance towards Sustainable Agricultural Water Management”; WG-RWH : Workshop and field trip; WG-NCWRI: Workshop on “Nonconventional irrigation water – Managing salinity in high value agriculture”.

Author: ICID Central Office

Year: 2019,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

The 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and the 70th International Executive Council Meeting was be hosted by the Indonesian National Committee of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (INACID) during 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center. The main theme of the WIF3 is "Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment".
Theme - Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment
Sub-Theme 1: Enabling Policy Environment for Water, Food and Energy Security
Sub-Theme 2: Role of Civil Society and Non-State actors with Focus on Farmers and Extension Facilities
Sub-Theme 3: Improving Agricultural Water Productivity with Focus on Rural Transformation
Workshops - Total 6 International Workshops were organized on a variety of topics related to the theme and sub-themes

Author: Papers received

Year: 2017,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and USB

Transactions of the 23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2017. Theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a New Green Revolution; Question 60: Water Productivity: Revisiting the concepts in light of water, energy and food nexus; Question 61: State of knowledge of irrigation techniques and practicalities within given socio-economic settings; Special Session: Irrigation techniques for reuse of wastewater in agriculture and its impact on health and environment; Symposium - Global Review of institutional reforms in irrigation sector for sustainable agriculture water management; Seminars - Water Use in food value chains: a Challenge for a New Green Revolution?

Author:

Year: 2016,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Author: Papers received

Year: 2014, ISBN: 978-81-89610-180

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

Transactions of the 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Gwangju, South Korea, August 2014. Theme: Securing Water for Food and Rural Community under Climate Change; Question 58: How Irrigation and Drainage Play an Important Role in Climate Change Adaptation?; Question 59: How Do Irrigation and Drainage Interventions Secure Food Production and Livelihood for Rural Community?; Special Session: New Partnership for Rural Development; Symposium: Non-point Sources Pollution (NPS) and Best Management Practices (BMPs); Workshop: Sustainable Management of Tidal Area in the Era of Climate Change.

Author:

Year: 2011,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & CD ROM

Author: Papers received

Year: 2011,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

Transactions of the 21st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Tehran, Iran, October 2011. Theme: Water productivity towards food security; Question 56: Water and Land Productivity Challenges; Question 57: Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture; Special Session: Modernization of Water Management Schemes; Symposium: Climate Change Impacts on Soil and Water sources

Author: Papers received

Year: 2008,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

Transactions of the 20th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Lahore, Pakistan, October 2008. Theme: Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management - From Concepts to Actions; Question 55: Roles of Public and Private Sectors in Water Resources Development and Management; Question 54: Sustainable Integrated Water Resource Management; Special Session: Implication of Global Changes on Irrigation and Drainage System Development and Management; Symposium: Integrated Water Management in the River Basin Context.

Author:

Year: 2008,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & CD ROM

Author:

Year: 2006,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & CD ROM

Author:

Year: 2006,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

Author:

Year: 2006,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

Author:

Year: 2005,

Type: Special Publication, Format: CD ROM

Author: Papers received

Year: 2005,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

Transactions of the 19th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Beijing, China, September 2005. Theme: Use of Water and Land for Food and Environmental Sustainability; Question 52: Improving Water and Land Management for Increasing Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture; Question 53: Harmonious Coexistence with Flood Water; Special Session: Legal and institutional challenges; Symposium: Water quality/salinity management.

Author: Papers received

Year: 2002,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print and Digital

Transactions of the 18th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Montreal, Canada, July 2002. Theme: Food Production Under Conditions of Water Scarcity, Increasing Population and Environmental Pressures; Question 50: Food production, poverty alleviation and environmental challenges as influenced by limited water resources and population growth; Question 51: Integration and management of irrigation, drainage and flood control; Special Session: Research and development in irrigation, drainage and flood control; Symposium: Private sector participation in irrigation and drainage.

Author:

Year: 2002,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print & CD ROM

Author: Papers received

Year: 1999,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 17th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Granada, Spain, September 1999. Theme: Water for Agriculture in the next millennium; question 48: Irrigation under conditions of water scarcity Question 49: Rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage systems; Special Session: Sustainable use of poor quality water; Symposium: Irrigated agriculture - Constraints, future role and crop diversification.

Author: ICID, FAO

Year: 1996,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Electronic

Author: Papers received

Year: 1996,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 16th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt, September 1996. Theme: Sustainability of irrigated agriculture; Question 46: Farmers' participation towards sustainable irrigated agriculture; Question 47: Irrigation planning and management: Measures in harmony with the environment; Special Session: The future of irrigation under increased demand from competitive uses of water and greater needs for food supply; Symposium: Management information systems in irrigation and drainage.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1993,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 15th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Hague, The Netherlands, Netherlands, September 1993. Theme: Water management in the next century; Question 44: Planning and design of irrigation and drainage systems; Question 45: Irrigation and drainage systems management - institutional and financial interrelationships; Special Session: Irrigation and drainage competition for water; Symposium: The impact of real time information on system management.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1990,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 14th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brazil, April and May 1990. Theme: Not Available; Question 42: The influence of irrigation and drainage on the environment with particular emphasis on impact on the quality of surface and ground waters; Question 43: The role of irrigation in mitigating the effects of drought; Special Session: Socio-economic and technological impacts of mechanized irrigation systems; Symposium: Real-time scheduling of water deliveries.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1987,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 13th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Casablanca, Morocco, September 1987. Theme: Improving water management in developing countries; Question 40: Rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage projects for improving water management; Question 41: Improving water management through training; Special Session: The role and integration of irrigation, drainage and flood control projects in the national development plans of developing countries; Symposium: Designing and operating irrigation systems, particularly on-farm systems, having insufficient capacity to meet peak water requirements in semi-arid regions, with emphasis on economics.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1984,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 12th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Fort Collins, USA, May and June 1984. Theme: Not Available Question 38: Water management factors; Question 39: Irrigation and drainage of problems soils; Special Session: Impact of the energy crisis on irrigation and drainage; Symposium: New developments in the protection of irrigation/drainage and flood control structures on rivers.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1981,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 11th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Grenoble, France, August and September 1981. Theme: Not Available; Question 36: Improvement and modernization of existing irrigation and drainage systems; Question 37: Flood control in relation to land use planning and water management; Special Session: Methods of post-project evaluation: Achievements and remedial measures; Symposium: Principles of designing control systems for water resources and irrigation using modern techniques.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1978,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 10th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Athens, Greece, Greece, May and June 1978. Theme: Not Available; Question 33: Economic evaluation of irrigation projects - studies developed and case studies of economic and environmental effects; Question 34: Lateral subsurface drainage techniques and drainage construction methods; Question 35: Operation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems (Organization, maintenance equipment, operation, etc.); Special Session: Mass transfer of water over long distances for regional development and its effects on the human environment; Symposium: Development of techniques to recharge subterranean aquifers to conserve surplus river flows.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1975,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 9th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Moscow, USSR, Russia, July and August 1975. Theme: Not Available; Question 30: Sediment controlling irrigation intake structures; Question 31: Planning of development of ground water for irrigation; Question 32: Comparison of advanced methods of irrigation including development of irrigation by pumping; Special Session: Environmental control for irrigation, drainage and flood control projects; Symposium: Introduction of automatic facilities for the needs of collecting and processing of information, planning and managing in the fields of irrigation and drainage.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1972,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 8th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Varna, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, May 1972. Theme - Theme: Not Available; Question 27: Field irrigation and drainage in deltaic, coastal and low-lying areas; Question 28: Recent and promising developments including mechanization of operations in the field of irrigation and drainage; Question 29: Factors affecting river training, and flood plain regulation (including flood zoning); Special Session: Essential measures for introduction and development of irrigation and drainage schemes in developing countries; Symposium: Water resources system planning with special reference to irrigation, drainage and flood control.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1969,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 7th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Mexico City, Mexico, April 1969. Theme: Not Available; Question 23: Water requirements of crops; Question 24: Hydraulic structures on small channels; Question 25: Methods and economics of operation and maintenance of drainage systems in agricultural areas; Question 26: Development of new irrigable and drained areas - procedures and policies; Special Session: Essential elements necessary for successful irrigated agriculture; Symposium: The application of computers in the analysis of various problems relating to irrigation and drainage systems.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1966,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 6th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, New Delhi, India, January 1966. Theme: Not Available; Question 19: Reclamation of saline lands under irrigation; Question 20: Sediment in irrigation and drainage channels; Question 21: Development of deltaic areas; Question 22: Integrated operation of reservoirs for irrigation, flood control and other purposes; Special Session: New and promising developments in the field of irrigation, drainage and flood control.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1963,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 5th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Tokyo, Japan, May 1963. Theme: Not Available; Question 15: Economics and financing of irrigation, and flood control works; Question 16: Efficiency of water distribution and use on the land; Question 17: Control of water table in drained lands - prevention of over drainage; Question 18: Flood prevention and control by surface and subsurface retention or spreading.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1960,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 4th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Madrid, Spain, May and June 1960. Theme: Not Available; Question 11: Reclamation of waterlogged and marshy lands; Question 12: Sprinkler irrigation and comparison with other methods of irrigation; Question 13: Tolerance of plants to minerals in solution in irrigation water and in soil; Question 14: Use of longitudinal embankments or levees as flood protection measures.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1957,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 3rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, San Francisco, USA, April and May 1957. Theme: Not Available; Question 7: Canal lining; Question 8: Soil and water relationship in irrigation; Question 9: Hydraulic structures on irrigation and drainage systems; Question 10: Interrelation between irrigation and drainage.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1954,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 2nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Algiers, Algeria, Algeria, April 1954. Theme: Not Available; Question 3: The problem of freeboard in irrigation channels; Question 4: Behavior of subsoil water table under a system of irrigation and/or drainage; Question 5: The maintenance of irrigation and drainage channels with special reference to weed control; Question 6: Ground Water: Its use for irrigation, safe yield from a unit area or basin, artificial recharge of supply and planned utilization of underground reservoirs.

Author: Papers received

Year: 1951,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Transactions of the 1st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Delhi, India, January 1951. Theme: Not Available; Question 1: National review of irrigation development and practice; Question 2: Present-day problems in irrigation and drainage.