Strategies to Cope with Risks of Uncertain Water Supply in Spate Irrigation Systems: Case Study: Gash Agricultural Scheme in Sudan

ISBN-13: 9780367465827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 134 str.

Eiman Mohamed Fadul Bashir

Opis

This book presents different frameworks to investigate, analyse and evaluates risks and coping strategies in the Gash spate irrigation system in Sudan, East Africa, where farming communities have to avert water supply risks into productive use in arid environment.

Spis treści

1. Introduction
2. Risks of uncertain water supply in spate irrigation
3. Adaptation strategies to cope with low, high and untimely floods: Lessons from the Gash spate irrigation system, Sudan
4. Irrigation performance under alternative field designs in a spate irrigation system with large field dimensions
5. Flexibility as a strategy to cope with uncertain water supply in spate irrigation
6. Conclusions and recommendations

O autorze

Ms. Eiman Fadul Bashir is an Assistant Professor at the Hydraulic Research Centre in Sudan with specialization in hydrology and hydraulic Engineering. She has conducted many applied research studies related to several aspects of irrigation water management, sedimentation in irrigation systems, design of irrigation systems and hydraulic structures, and rural water supply. She led SIRGPA project in Sudan, Funded by IFAD and implemented by UNESCO-IHE Institute and local partners. Ms. Eiman was the winner of the UNESCO Keizo Obuchi Research Award in 2008. She worked as a guest lecturer at Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University in UK and contributed to the capacity building of young professionals on irrigation and water management under drought and water scarcity at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for water education, The Netherlands.