| Course on improving irrigation efficiency
Contact person
Mr S. L. Bhingare - Director
General
Contact person's address
Water and Land Management
Institute
WALMI Campus
Kanchanwadi
Post Box No. 504
Aurangabad - 431
005 Maharashtra
India
Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel
+91-240-2376-021 Fax +91-240-2376-836
Contact person's
E-mail
[email protected]
Type of programme
Workgroup/seminar
Certificate
Certificate of participation
Frequency of programme
Annual
Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the
capabilities of water professionals.
Programme prospectus
The course curriculum includes:
irrigation projects off-farm and on-farm efficiencies and evaluation procedure,
measurement of conveyance losses, discharge data keeping and analysis, crop
water requirements, practices of canal operation with the introduction of
various controls, important flow measuring devices, improved practices of canal
maintenance, adopting pressurized irrigation, ways and means to improving
assessment and recovery, irrigation scheduling, evaluation and improvement of
existing measuring devices, water distribution methods, water level regulation
in irrigation canals, economic evaluation of irrigation projects, efficient use
of water through implementation of irrigation act, diagnostic analysis of
irrigation project, farmers participation in Integrated Water Management (IWM),
improving project performance through conjunctive use and discharge carrying
capacity and discussion.
The training course is beneficial to AE-I, SDO/SDE/JE of the
Irrigation Department in Maharashtra State.
Target group
Junior professionals
Programme
www
http://www.walmi.org/training.htm
Dates/duration
Five days, July.
Language
English |
Water & Land Management Institute
Acronym
WALMI
Country
India
Address
Water and Land Management Institute
WALMI
Campus
Kanchanwadi
Post Box No. 504
Aurangabad - 431 005
Maharashtra
India
Tel +91-240-2376-159/160/161/162
Fax
+91-240-2376-836
E-mail
[email protected]
Institute/organization
www
http://www.walmi.org/default.htm
Brief description of institution/organization
Water
and Land Management Institute (WALMI, Aurangabad) is a premier in-service
training institute in irrigation and water management. The Institute was
established as an autonomous registered society and a first institute in India
by Irrigation Department, Government of Maharashtra with the financial support
of the World Bank and USAID. The Institute provides in-service training in
irrigation water management for the officers of the Irrigation and Agriculture
Department, Government of Maharashtra and to the farmers of the state. The
institute also conducts national and international programmes in irrigation
water management sponsored by different donor agencies. The Institutes other
activities include the Action Research Programme and Consultancy Services in the
field of irrigation water management for the different stakeholders. |
