Agriculture and Water Management/Ravinder Kumar Kashyap. Jaipur,
Oxford Book Company, 2009, viii, 310 p., ISBN 81-89473-56-3.
Agriculture and Water Management/Ravinder Kumar Kashyap. Jaipur,
Oxford Book Company, 2009, viii, 310 p., ISBN 81-89473-56-3.
Contents: Preface. 1. Water use in agriculture. 2. Crop water needs. 3. Water availability for agriculture. 4. Agricultural water productivity. 5. Irrigation methods. 6. Management of agricultural drainage. 7. Managing the environmental impacts of drainage. 8. Ground water management. 9. Managing the risks of agricultural water use. 10. Controlling agricultural water pollution. 11. Irrigation and water charging. 12. Economically efficient water allocation. Bibliography. Index.
"This book aims to delincate for agronomists, conservationists and agricultural engineers the science and technology of agricultural and water management. Highlighting the principles, processes and techniques involved, the text makes assessment of current trends and developments in the field, analysing what they entail, as well as what they portend for the future.
In addition to taking into account the changing face of agriculture itself, the book manages to provide critical inputs which attempt to decipher the implications of effective agriculture and water management." (jacket)