Reliable water management is the backbone of productive, resilient agriculture, especially as water becomes scarcer. This Program equips professionals to plan and manage irrigation and agricultural water resources.
Designed for manager-level water and agriculture staff, the Program reflects international irrigation and water resource management practice worldwide. It is directly applicable to agricultural water management in any context.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand irrigation and water resource management
- Assess water resources and demand
- Plan irrigation development
- Design irrigation systems
- Apply irrigation methods and technologies
- Improve water use efficiency
- Manage irrigation scheme operation
- Maintain irrigation infrastructure
- Manage water allocation and rights
- Strengthen water user associations
- Apply integrated water resource management
- Manage drainage and salinity
- Address water scarcity and drought
- Manage groundwater sustainably
- Monitor irrigation and water use
- Apply emerging trends in irrigation
Course Outline
- Module 1: Irrigation & Water Resource Management
- Module 2: Water Resources & Demand
- Module 3: Planning Irrigation Development
- Module 4: Irrigation System Design
- Module 5: Irrigation Methods & Technologies
- Module 6: Water Use Efficiency
- Module 7: Irrigation Scheme Operation
- Module 8: Maintaining Irrigation Infrastructure
- Module 9: Water Allocation & Rights
- Module 10: Water User Associations
- Module 11: Integrated Water Resource Management
- Module 12: Drainage & Salinity
- Module 13: Water Scarcity & Drought
- Module 14: Sustainable Groundwater
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Irrigation
Who Should Attend
This Program is designed for irrigation and water resource managers, agricultural engineering and Program staff at manager level in agriculture and water agencies and development organisations internationally.
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