Supplemental Irrigation in the Near East and North Africa : Proceedings of a Workshop on Regional Consultation on Supplemental Irrigation. ICARDA and FAO, Rabat, Morocco, 7–9 December, 1987

This book is the product of an ICARDA project to define supplemental irrigation in the Near East and North Africa. In cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F AO) a meeting was held in Rabat, Morocco, on 7-9 December 1987, entitled "Regional Consultation on Supplemental Irrigation"; specialists from 11 different countries were brought together to discuss priorities for supplemental irrigation within their specific regions. The participants were asked to focus on developing an information base using both primary data, results of surveys administered to district level agricultural personnel, and secondary data sources with a particular interest in the application of state-of-the-art knowledge and technology to the problems of supplemental irrigation. The authors have willingly and thankfully responded to the suggestions and criticisms of Ms Kate Ward, Institute of Irrigation Studies, Department of Civil of Southampton, U. K. , who accepted the soporific Engineering, University position of Review Editor and performed miracles. Chapter 2 and parts of chapters 15 and 16 are a partial rendering of a forthcoming book on systems analysis by Janice R. Perrier. The authors recognize the inclusion of this material which outlines the basic philosophical perspective of supplemental irrigation as utilized in the book. The assistance of Mr. Maurice Saade, Agricultural Economist is greatly appreciated for the understanding of Chapter 14. The section on the phenology of cereals near the end of chapter 4 was written by Mr. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Introduction....Pages 1-14 Systems Approach to Supplemental Irrigation....Pages 15-38 Water Balance Calculations....Pages 39-77 Regional Application of Water Balance Methods....Pages 79-95 Soil Water Relationships....Pages 97-105 Movement of Water in Soils....Pages 107-115 Darcy Equation....Pages 117-121 Soil Water Measurement....Pages 123-131 Infiltration....Pages 133-144 Field Measurement of Infiltration....Pages 145-153 Groundwater Supply....Pages 155-175 Water Quality, Irrigation Measurement and Efficiency....Pages 177-189 Land Leveling and Simplistic Surveying....Pages 191-201 Economics of Supplemental Irrigation....Pages 203-227 Evaluation of Supplemental Irrigation....Pages 229-278 Introduction to Technology Transfer....Pages 279-291 Verification of Supplemental Irrigation of Spring Wheat....Pages 293-313 Irrigation of Cereals in Algeria....Pages 315-325 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Cyprus....Pages 327-365 Potential of Supplemental Irrigation in Iran....Pages 367-388 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of Iraq....Pages 389-397 The Farming Systems in Jordan: Rainfed, Water Harvesting, and Supplemental Irrigation....Pages 399-423 Supplemental Irrigation and Water Harvesting Systems in Libya....Pages 425-447 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Morocco....Pages 449-461 Supplemental Irrigation in Pakistan....Pages 463-496 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR)....Pages 497-511 Cereal Cropping and Supplemental Irrigation in Tunisia....Pages 513-527 Supplemental Irrigation in Turkey....Pages 529-560 Supplemental Irrigation in Yemen Arab Republic (YAR)....Pages 561-598 Conclusions....Pages 599-601 Back Matter....Pages 603-611 Proceedings of a Workshop on Regional Consultation on Supplementary Irrigation, ICARDA and FAO, Rabat, Morocco, December 7-9, 1987