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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING
Editor
R.N. Reddy
GENE TECH
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2010
Gene-Tech Books
New Delhi - 110 002
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Preface
Irrigation involves the artificial application of water to soil, usually for assisting the growth of crops in dry areas or where there is a shortage of rainfall. As the process of agriculture becomes increasingly mechanised, the application of scientific methods and technology to the procedure of irrigation comes as no surprise. With agricultural yields dwindling and demand for food increasing, the pressure on agriculture is immense and no stone is to be left unturned in meeting demands and expectations. Effective irrigation, enhanced pertinent technologies, thereby provides a most lucrative source for making agriculture profitable and worthwhile. This text has been written as a manual guiding agricultural engineers on the principles and concepts which define...