 | Small Scale Irrigation Systems: A Training Manual (Peace Corps, 1983, 82 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Introduction |
| | General program objectives |
| | Training guides |
| | Materials needed for workshop project |
| | Using the manual |
|  | PART A: Workshop sessions, objectives and methodology |
| | SESSION I--Opening Statements and Introduction 30 Minutes |
| | SESSION II--Climate Setting 3 Hours |
| | SESSION III--Soil Classification 4 Hours |
| | SESSION IV--Irrigation Safety and Health Practices 1 Hour |
| | SESSION V--Topographic Surveying and Land Mapping 3 Hours |
| | SESSION VI --Topographic Surveying and Land Mapping 4 Hours |
| | SESSION VII--Making Topographic Map 4 Hours |
| | SESSION VIII--Making a Topographic Map 1 Hour |
| | SESSION IX--Calculation of Irrigation Ditch Size 3 Hours |
| | SESSION X-- Designing an Irrigation Ditch 2 Hours |
| | SESSION XI--Water Source Measurement and Development 2 Hours |
| | SESSION XII--Water Source Measurement 4 Hours |
| | SESSION XIII--Social Factors Affecting Change & Community Action 3 Hrs |
| | SESSION XIV--Measuring Water Flow & Seepage Loss 1 Hour in an Irrigation Channel |
| | SESSION XV--Measuring Water Flow in an Irrigation Channel 3 Hours |
| | SESSION XVI--Review of the Week Activity 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XVII--Review & Preview 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XVIII--Development of Water Sources for 3 Hours |
| | SESSION XIX--Climatic Effect on Water Availability and Crop Use Hours 4 |
| | SESSION XX--Resources Necessary for Irrigation 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXI--Planning and Designing an Irrigation System 3 Hours |
| | SESSION XXII--Planning and Designing the Class Irrigation Project 4 Hrs. |
| | SESSION XXIII--Designing the Class Irrigation System 4 Hours |
| | SESSION XXIV--Layout of the Class Irrigation System 4 Hours |
| | SESSION XXV--Review of Class Project - 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXVI--Agronomic Practices under Irrigation Agriculture 3 Hours |
| | SESSION XXVII--The Economics of Irrigation 3 Hours |
| | SESSION XXVIII--Review of 'cork Group Objectives 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXIX--Irrigation Laws and Regulations 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXX--Surface and Subsurface Drainage 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXXI--Workshop Review 2 Hours |
| | SESSION XXXII--Workshop Evaluation 1 Hour |
| | SESSION XXXIII--Closing Ceremony 1 Hour |
| | PART B: Instructional units |
| | General Objective: Soil classification |
| | General Objective: Irrigation safety and health practices |
| | General Objective: Topographic surveying and land mapping |
| | General Objectives: Water source measurement and development |
| | General Objectives: Social factors that affect change and community cooperation |
| | General Objectives: Climate and its effect on stream flow and other water sources and seasonal water requirements of crops. |
| | General Objective: Resource identification |
| | General Objective: Irrigation system planning and design |
| | General Objectives: Agronomic practices for irrigation |
| | General Objective: Economic Evaluation and Feasibility |
| | General Objectives: Irrigation laws and regulations |
| | General Objectives: Identifying and correcting drainage problems |
Training guides
1. Irrigation Principles and Practices, Peace Corps, Program and Training Journal Report Series Number 5, dated January 1969.
2. Small Scale irrigation, Peter H. Stern, Intermediate
Technology Publication Ltd./International Irrigation
Information Center,
dated 1979.
3. Soil-Water Plant Relationships, KSU/CES Publication Number MF 466, dated September 1978.
4. Using a Level, KSU/CES Publication Number AF-19, dated June 1979.
5. Terrace System Options, KSU/CES Publication Number Af-74, dated March 1981.
6. Farm Pond Maintenance, KSU/CES Publication Number AF-3, dated November 1978.
7. Contour Farming Pays, KSU/CES Publication Number R-14, dated January 1974.
8. Useful Irrigation Data, KSU/CES Publication Number I-7, dated February 1976.
9. Grain Sorghum Irrigation, KSU/CES Publication Number I-6, dated March 1975.
10. Irigation Soybeans, KSU/CES Publication No. I-5, dated October 1975.
11. Irrigating Corn, KSU/CES Publication Number I-1, revised February 1977.
12. Pipelines for Irrigation, KSU/CES Publication Number I-2, dated September 1967.
13. A Concept of Needs, reprint, J. Paul Leagans, The Journal of Cooperative Extension, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1964.
14. A Planning Process (class handout).
15. Stages in Social Action.
16. Human Responses to Change.
17. Identifying the Community Power Actors: A Guide for Change Agents
18. Power Structures, Community Leadership and Social Action.
19. Health Education - A Study Unit on Fecal-Borne Diseases and Parasites, Reprint R-1, Peace corps, 1981.
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