Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management: Volume 1
The book “Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management” (Volume 1) is a true textbook for the undergraduate students in Bio-Science Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Biolog
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M.H. Ali
Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management: Volume 1
M.H. Ali Agricultural Engineering Division Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture BAU Campus Mymensingh 2202 Bangladesh
ISBN 978-1-4419-6334-5 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6335-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6335-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934381 # Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Cover design: #Pefkos-Fotolia.com Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Agriculture is one of the few industries that has been creating resources continuously from nature. Sustainability of this industry is a crucial issue at now-a-days. Agricultural technologies are important to feed the growing world population. Agricultural engineering has been applying scientific principles for the optimal use of natural resources in agricultural production for the benefit of humankind. The role of agricultural engineering is increasing in the coming days at the forthcoming challenges of producing more food with less water coupled with climate uncertainty. I am happy to know that a book entitled "Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management", written by Engr. Dr. M. H. Ali, is going to be published by Springer. The book is designed to cover the major fields of agricultural and environmental engineering such as weather, plant, soil, water, and basics of on-farm water management. The book will be quite useful for the students of agricultural engineering. Students of other related branches of engineering sciences, and engineers working in the field and at research institutes will also be benifited. The book may serve as a text book for the students and as a practical hand-book for the practitioners and researchers in the field of irrigation and on-farm water management. Utilization of the recent literature in the area and citation of relevant journals / reports have added a special value to this book. Considering the topics covered, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and educators will find this book as a valuable resource. I hope this text-book will be used worldwide to promote agricultural production and conservation of the most important natural resource, water. Mymensingh, Bangladesh 23 March, 2010
Dr. M. A. Sa
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