Improving whole farm and infield irrigation efficiencies using Irrimate tools
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Paper/Presentation Title | Improving whole farm and infield irrigation efficiencies using Irrimate tools |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Raine, Steven R. (Author), Purcell, Jim (Author) and Schmidt, Erik (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Irrigation Australia 2005: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition: Proceedings |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | Hornsby, NSW, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.irrigation.org.au/ |
Conference/Event | Irrigation Australia 2005: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition: Restoring the Balance |
Event Details | Irrigation Australia 2005: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition: Restoring the Balance Event Date 17 to end of 19 May 2005 Event Location Townsville, Australia |
Abstract | Whole farm irrigation water includes all pumped, delivered, captured, distributed and/or stored water within the farm gate. Utilisation of rainfall, recycled irrigation water, and harvested overland flows are included in the on-farm water volume. In assessing the performance of on-farm irrigation systems it is necessary to recognise that there are both agronomic and volumetric components of the system and that both contribute to the overall productive output. Evaluation of irrigation performance at the whole farm scale using total volumetric inputs and total production outputs provides a benchmark for comparative purposes but fails to provide an adequate diagnostic tool to identify either the source of inefficiencies or appropriate strategies to improve performance. Hence, diagnostic performance evaluation requires the measurement of the inputs and outputs for each sub-component of the system in a way which enables the partitioning of losses and the identification of the importance of specific loss mechanisms. |
Keywords | on-farm, irrigation, irrimate tools, systems |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300201. Agricultural hydrology |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
Aquatech Consulting, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9x965/improving-whole-farm-and-infield-irrigation-efficiencies-using-irrimate-tools
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