Performance Evaluation of Existing Irrigation Systems under Different Hydrometeorological Conditions
Publication: World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003
Abstract
Performance assessment practices are very much essential because of their central role in effective management. It is an utmost need to know the performance of the irrigation systems to keep pace with the population growth and food production. But the limited resources of freshwater and land are to be properly utilized for a sustainable increase in production and the conveyance structures should work efficiently with minimum conveyance losses. Upgrading of existing systems and also functioning of future systems can be improved, if the reasons are known - why a system performs well, whereas systems created under similar conditions do not. For assessing the performance, performance indicators are needed. As the irrigation is a socio-economic and technical process, many factors are to be taken into account while studying the performance of the system like infrastructure design, management, climatic condition, price, availability of inputs and socio-economic settings etc., which are difficult to obtain. However, factors like water, land, finances and crop production can easily be accounted for performance.
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© 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Climates
- Economic factors
- Environmental engineering
- Fresh water
- Hydrometeorology
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation
- Irrigation engineering
- Irrigation systems
- Land use
- Meteorology
- Population projection
- Practice and Profession
- Social factors
- Sustainable development
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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