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6 Course Name: Irrigation Water Management (WRIE-5117)

Pre-requisite: Surface Irrigation & Drainage Engineering
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to enable student good manager of irrigation
water. At the end of the course students able to evaluate and monitor the performance of
irrigation schemes, able to deliver irrigation water adequately, equally and reliably to the
users or farm with the appropriate method, and resolve conflicts which might arise among the
interest groups.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course students will be able to;
 Know and monitor of irrigation water demand for agricultural productivity
 Deliver irrigation water adequately, equally and reliably to the users or farm with the
appropriate method
 Resolve conflicts which might arise among the interested groups of water users
 Allocate water appropriately for agriculture, water supply and irrigation during dry
period
Course Description/Contents:
1. The need for irrigation water management: Introduction; Irrigation development;
Global perspective, Irrigation development in Ethiopia, Irrigation water demand and
productivity, Water demand, Agricultural productivity, Water resources development
and the changing role of management; Irrigation efficiency and environmental
concerns; Irrigation efficiency, Environmental concerns due to irrigation.
2. Crop water production function: Concepts and definitions; Importance of production
functions; Development of crop water production functions; Some crop water
production models; Regression based empirical model; Application of crop-water-
production functions.
3. Organization and management of irrigation: Components of irrigation system;
Irrigation management and management cycle; Organizations of irrigation management
and objectives; Management framework, Higher order management structure, Tertiary
unit (on-farm) level management structure, Field level management structure, Setting
management objectives.
4. Water allocation and scheduling: Physical components of irrigation influencing
allocation; Management principles and processes; Service delivery, Planning and
 management of water delivery; Legal issues; Areas where legal conditions are needed,
Water rights, Cropping arrangement, Operation of the main system; Scheduling;
Frequency, rate and duration of water delivery, Rigid schedules, Flexible schedules;
Control systems; Importance of flow control, Systems, structures and equipment, Canal
control systems; Cropping pattern.
5. Irrigation Performance assessment: Introduction; Framework for performance
assessment; Performance indicators; Performance assessment at different levels;
Monitoring and evaluation.
Mode of Assessment/Evaluation:
Quiz 10%; Test 20%; Assignment 10%; Project 10%; Lab report 10%; Final exam 40%.
References
1 Asian Development Bank. 2008. Irrigation Management Transfer. Strategies and Best
2 Practices, New Delhi, India
3 Burton M. 2010. Irrigation management. Principles and practices. CABI, UK by CPI
4 Antony Rowe Ltd. ISBN: 978 1 84593 516 0
5 Fraiture C., Molden D., Wichelns D. (2010): Investing in water for food, Ecosystems, and
livelihoods: An overview of the comprehensive assessment of water management in
agriculture. Agricultural water management. 97, 495-501
የመስኖ አደረጃጀት እና አስተዳደር መስኖ ማለት ውሃን ለሰብሎች ወይም ለሌሎች እፅዋት በትክክለኛው ጊዜ እና መጠን የማቅረብ ሂደት
,
ነው። የግብርና አስፈላጊ አካል ነው እና የሰብል ምርትን ለመጨመር እና የግብርና ምርቶችን ጥራት ለማሻሻል ጥቅም ላይ ሊውል

ይችላል .

,
የመስኖ ስርዓት አደረጃጀት እና አያያዝ የተለያዩ ሁኔታዎችን የሚያካትት ውስብስብ ስራ ነው ይህም የሚበቅለው የሰብል አይነት ,
, .
የአየር ንብረት የአፈር ሁኔታ እና የውሃ አቅርቦትን ያካትታል የመስኖ ስርዓትን ውጤታማ በሆነ መንገድ ለመንደፍ እና ለማስተዳደር

የሚከተሉትን መረዳት አስፈላጊ ነው .

* የሰብል ውሃ መስፈርቶች
* የአየር ሁኔታ እና የአፈር ሁኔታ
* የሚገኙት የውሃ ሀብቶች
* ኢኮኖሚያዊ እና ማህበራዊ ሁኔታዎች
.
የሰብል ውሃ መስፈርቶች አንድ ሰብል ለማደግ እና ጥሩ ምርት ለማምረት የሚያስፈልገው የውሃ መጠን ነው እነዚህ መስፈርቶች እንደ

,
ሰብል አይነት የእድገት ደረጃ እና የአየር ሁኔታ ይለያያሉ።

.
የአየር ንብረት እና የአፈር ሁኔታዎች የመስኖ ስርዓት ሲነድፉ ግምት ውስጥ ማስገባት አስፈላጊ ነገሮች ናቸው የአየር ንብረቱ የውሃውን

,
መጠን ይወስናል እና የአፈር ሁኔታው ውሃው በእጽዋት እንዴት እንደሚዋሃድ ይጎዳል።

ያለው የውሃ ሀብት ለመስኖ አገልግሎት የሚውሉ የውኃ ምንጮች ናቸው። እነዚህ ሀብቶች የገጸ ምድር ውሃን፣ የከርሰ ምድር ውሃን እና
የዝናብ ውሃን ሊያካትቱ ይችላሉ።

የመስኖ ስርዓት ሲነደፍ ኢኮኖሚያዊ እና ማህበራዊ ጉዳዮችን ግምት ውስጥ ማስገባት አስፈላጊ ነው። የስርአቱ ዋጋ፣ የስርአቱ ፋይዳ እና
ስርዓቱ በህብረተሰቡ ላይ የሚያሳድረው ተጽዕኖ ሁሉም ሊታሰብባቸው የሚገቡ አስፈላጊ ነገሮች ናቸው።
 , .
የመስኖ ስርዓቶችን ማደራጀት እና ማስተዳደር ውስብስብ ስራ ነው ነገር ግን የግብርና አስፈላጊ አካል ነው በመስኖ ላይ ያሉትን
ሁኔታዎች በመረዳት የሰብል ምርትን ለመጨመር እና የግብርና ምርቶችን ጥራት የሚያሻሽሉ የመስኖ ስርዓቶችን መንደፍ እና ማስተዳደር
ይቻላል .