Programme title

Institution/organization

On-farm irrigation management

Contact person
Professor Atef Hamdy - Director of Research

Contact person's address
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo
Via Ceglie 9
70010 Valenzano (Bari)
Italy

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +39-80-4606221 Fax +39-80-4606206

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Module of a comprehensive nine-month course.

Certificate
University credits

Frequency of programme
Annual

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
This is a module of a comprehensive nine-month course on land and water management, which is subdivided into subjects presented on a weekly basis.

The on-farm irrigation management module gives the basics of hydraulics of irrigation and drainage systems and ample knowledge of design, operation, maintenance and performance evaluation of all surface, sprinkler and trickle irrigation systems.

Target group
Junior professionals

Programme www
http://netserver.iamb.it/en/index.htm

Dates/duration
Presented on a weekly basis

Language
English

Partners
National Water Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
FAO, Rome, Italy
IAV Hassan II, Agadir, Morocco
INRAT, IRESA, Tunisia
University of Bari, Italy
University of Bologna, Italy
ICARDA, Syria
ILRI, Faculty of Agriculture, Wageningen, The Netherlands
University of Davis, USA
Fordham University, New York, USA
Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
National Research Council, Zaragoza, Spain
INRA, Thiverval-Grignon, France
CEMAGREF, France
CIHEAM, Montpellier, France
Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal

Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes/Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Bari

Acronym
CIHEAM/IAMB

Country
Italy

Address
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo
Via Ceglie 9
70010 Valenzano (Bari)
Italy

Tel +39-080-4606201

Fax +39-080-4606206

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.iamb.it/

Brief description of institution/organization
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAMB) is one of the four institutes that make up the Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), founded in 1962 as an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).

The CIHEAM mandate is to be an instrument of cooperation between the countries of the Mediterranean in the areas of postgraduate agricultural education and the promotion of agricultural research through cooperative networks.

Currently, CIHEAM comprises 13 member countries: Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. Over four decades of activity, CIHEAM has become recognized for excellence in the field of education and research in agriculture, water-resource management, agri-food industry and the environment, working in partnership with the specialist national institutions as well as in cooperation with the international organizations active in the Region (e.g. ICARDA, FAO, OADA, etc.).