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Guideline on Irrigation Agronomy
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| Author
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Birru, E., Kebede,H.
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| Editor or Organisation
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Natural Resources Management Directorate, Natural Resource Sector, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia, GIZ
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| Year
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2011
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| Keywords
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irrigated agriculture, opportunities, challenges, water requirement, methods, water use efficiency, agronomic practices
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| Country
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Ethiopia
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| Type
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good practice
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| Language
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English
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| Table of Contents
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Part I: Principles and practices of irrigation
1. Introduction
2. Definition and importance of irrigation
3. Ill-effects of irrigation
4. Opportunities and challenges of irrigated agriculture in Ethiopia
5. Soil-plant-water relationships
6. Estimating water requirement of crops
7. Methods of irrigation
8. Enhancing irrigation water use efficiency
9. Irrigated scheduling
10. Measurement of irrigation water
11. Irrigation water quality
12. Irrigation and cropping pattern
13. Irrigation and fertilizer use
Part II: Irrigation agronomic practices in major irrigated crops
1. Cereals
2. Oil seeds
3. Vegetables
4. Tuber crops
5. Irrigation practices in some fruit crops
6. References
Part III: Annexes
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| Abstract
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| Permission
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Yes
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| Category
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Economics
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