On-farm Water Budgeting

Objectives

On completion of training, the participants will be able

	to prepare water budget to a farm
	to use water budgeting as effective tool in water use planning
	to understand the water budgeting is most effective in the judicious use of available water, under water scarcity conditions
	to suggest water saving irrigation methods and techniques under deficit conditions

Contents

	On-farm water budgeting-an overview
	Crop water requirement and critical stages of crop growth
	Farm irrigation efficiency
	Irrigation scheduling
	Duty of water
	Importance of OFD works and water users association
	Role of conjunctive of use of ground and surface water
	Water scarcity and pressure irrigation systems
	Field visit & group reports