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| Micro-irrigation for landscape Contact person Contact person's address Contact person's Telephone/Fax Contact person's E-mail Type of programme Certificate Frequency of programme Programme's main focus Programme prospectus The course includes the following:
Target group Programme
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Irrigation Training and Research Center, Cal Poly State University Acronym Country Address Tel +1-805-756 2429 Fax +1-805-756 2433 E-mail Institute/organization
www Brief description of institution/organization Focus is on a pragmatic approach, with successful field applications. In addition, the Center works with field irrigation (drip, sprinkler, surface, fertigation, salinity and drainage). Training-based on the extensive field experiences of ITRC, occupies about 30 percent of the annual budget. Research is about 20 percent and technical assistance is 50 percent. The Center is 100 percent financially self-supporting and houses offices, an excellent outdoor facility for teaching field irrigation techniques and a unique Water Delivery Facility to teach all forms of canal modernization, pumping, SCADA, etc. One speciality of the Center is automation of canals, including development of a complete modernization plan, modeling of the canal system to tune control algorithms, specifications of the hardware and software and providing quality control during the field installation, so that the end result is an effective, working system. |
