Supplemental Irrigation in the Near East and North Africa, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 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.

1 Introduction.- 2 Systems Approach to Supplemental Irrigation.- 3 Water Balance Calculations.- 4 Regional Application of Water Balance Methods.- 5 Soil Water Relationships.- 6 Movement of Water in Soils.- 7 Darcy Equation.- 8 Soil Water Measurement.- 9 Infiltration.- 10 Field Measurement of Infiltration.- 11 Groundwater Supply.- 12 Water Quality, Irrigation Measurement and Efficiency.- 13 Land Leveling and Simplistic Surveying.- 14 Economics of Supplemental Irrigation.- 15 Evaluation of Supplemental Irrigation.- 16 Introduction to Technology Transfer.- 17 Verification of Supplemental Irrigation of Spring Wheat.- 18 Irrigation of Cereals in Algeria.- 19 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Cyprus.- 20 Potential of Supplemental Irrigation in Iran.- 21 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of Iraq.- 22 The Farming Systems in Jordan: Rainfed, Water Harvesting, and Supplemental Irrigation.- 23 Supplemental Irrigation and Water Harvesting Systems in Libya.- 24 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in Morocco.- 25 Supplemental Irrigation in Pakistan.- 26 Supplemental Irrigation Systems of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).- 27 Cereal Cropping and Supplemental Irrigation in Tunisia.- 28 Supplemental Irrigation in Turkey.- 29 Supplemental Irrigation in Yemen Arab Republic (YAR).- 30 Conclusions.- Appendix Source Materials for Chapters 1–16.