Principles and practices of Irrigation

This course is intended to equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in the concept of irrigation and principles of irrigation for practices, source of irrigation water, irrigation water quality  &  its  management,  relationships  between  soil-plant water,  crop  water  requirements, irrigation  efficiency,  irrigation  water  measurement;  irrigation  scheduling;  irrigation  methods, water  application  methods,  agricultural  drainages and  its importance,  necessity  of  agricultural drainage: soil factors influencing drainage, water logging problems, drainage technique.