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Flood-Based Farming Systems and Water Harvesting for Food Security

This short course is about flood-based farming systems and water harvesting and focuses on the concept of spate irrigation, a system whereby floodwater is diverted from its river bed to low-lying areas to irrigate crops, feed drinking-water ponds, serve forest and grazing land and to recharge local aquifers.

Course in 2016 is cancelled

the course in 2016 has been cancelled

For whom?

  • Participants are invited from government and non-government institutions and universities directly or indirectly engaged in the broader field of land and water development with particular emphasis in spate irrigation development and water resources management.
  • Participants should at least have a BSc degree in any land and water development field and good basic knowledge of spate irrigation practices and principles. Computer literacy is highly preferred.

Dates, Fee, ECTS

Start: 05 September 2016
End: 16 September 2016
Deadline IHE application: 14 January 2016 - 23.59 (CET)
Course fee: € 1850
Course is cancelled

Learning objectives

Upon completion, the participant should be able to:

  1. Analyse alternative spate flow design and management techniques;
  2. Conceptualise and apply spate specific models for optimizing conjunctive use of spate flow, rainfall and groundwater;
  3. Assess water governance options for spate irrigated agriculture
  4. Integrate spate irrigation development into broader climate change adaptation and mitigation programmes.

Course content

The course consists of lectures, case studies and group work assignments. It is organized into six modules:

  • Introduction: overview of spate irrigation system development and management concepts and practices;
  • Spate hydrology and engineering;
  • Soil and water conservation and management;
  • Organization and water governance;
  • Spate irrigation agronomy;
  • Case studies and group assignments.

Lecturers

The spate irrigation and water resource management professionals to lead the lectures, discussions and assignments are:

  • Prof. Bart Schultz, Professor of Land and Water Development, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Frank van Steenbergen, Spate Irrigation and Water Resource Management Expert, and Director, MetaMeta Pvt Limited Company, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Ian McAllister Anderson, Senior Irrigation Engineer, and Director, Irrigation and Engineering Services Limited, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Philip Lawrence, Senior Expert in Sediment Transport and Management in Irrigation Canals, HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Peter Paul Mollinga, Senior Researcher, Interdisciplinary Analyses of Irrigation and Water Resource Management, ZEF, Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany
  • Dr. Abraham Mehari Haile, course coordinator, Lecturer in Land and Water Development, Spate Irrigation Design and Management Expert, UNESC0-IHE Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands