Irrigation Training Manual: Planning, Design, Operation and Management of Small-Scale Irrigation Systems (Peace Corps, 1994, 151 p.)

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Preface and acknowledgments

Introduction to the irrigation manual

Purpose of this manual

The training sessions

The irrigation reference manual

Overview of the training sessions

Irrigation principles and practices

The experiential learning approach

The trainer's role in experiential learning

Timing, location, and trainee preparedness

Implementing the irrigation training sessions

Training session

Section 1: Introduction to irrigation principles and practices

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Exam: Section 1 - Math skills assessment

Section 2: Community organization and mobilization

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Exam: Section 2 - Community participation

Section 3: Inventorying the physical and biological resource base

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Exam: Section 3 - Field measurements

Section 4: Developing water sources

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Exam: Section 4 - Developing water sources

Section 5: Assessing irrigation water requirements

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Exam: Section 5 - Calculating water requirements

Section 6: Farm water delivery systems

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Exam: Section 6 - Designing system requirements

Section 7: Farm water management

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Exam: Section 7 - Farm water management

Section 8: Waterlogging and salinity

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Exam: Section 8 - Assessing field problems and solutions

Section 9: Project planning and development