Water Management seminar is largely aimed at strengthening Project Management capabilities at both senior and middle management levels in Crop Production businesses; Aid organizations working in Agricultural and Rural Development; Water Resource Departments; Entrepreneurs; NGOs and Agricultural Projects of Rural and Semi-Urban communities. The participants will be trained to improve the management of food production, marketing chain and available water resources in their countries. The skills and advanced techniques enable the planning of the irrigation of agricultural lands and to introduce participants to various methods of water conservation and irrigation.
The seminar will equip the participants with a deeper understanding of the issues at hand while planning farming projects which implement all aspects of advanced crop production. Additionally, the seminar will train participants to share their newly acquired knowledge with their colleagues who can then, in turn, train others in their own countries.

Management of Water Resources

  • Different Irrigation Methods (drip, sprinkler, subsoil, micro irrigation)
  • Irrigation applications with different water types (recycled, reclaimed, marginal)
  • Water and Irrigation Methods in Different Crops
  • Irrigation Systems Components (pipes, dripper lines, sprinklers, filtration, water meters, remote controls, flushing systems etc.)
  • Hydraulic Considerations in Water Management

Crop Production Economic Considerations in Crop Management

  • Marketing of Agricultural Products
  • Economic Considerations in Crop Management
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Integrated Nutrient Management
  • Soil Fertility Management
  • Soil – Plant – Water Relations
  • Agro Technologies – An Overview
  • Harvesting, Postharvest Treatment and Storage
  • Agro Industries; the Israeli Experience
  • Open Pasture Production
  • Sustainable Agriculture in Arid land; the Israeli Experience

 

Desertification mitigation

  • Land Degradation and Desertification
  • Afforestation as an Anti-desertification Measure
  • Intensive Dry-lands Agriculture
  • Arid and Semi Arid Water Resource Management (water conservation, drilling, rain harvesting,
  • desalination, recycling