COURSE CODE: AGE 506
COURSE TITLE: Irrigation Engineering
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three Hours Per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Prof. ADEWUMI, John Kayode B.Eng, M.Sc. Ph.D
E-mail: jjkadewumi@yahoo.com
Office Location: Agricultural Engineering Department, COLENG
Other Lecturers:
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Irrigation principles. Land preparation and farming for irrigation. Surface, sprinkler, trickle, and sun-surface irrigation systems. Design of irrigation systems: hydrologic design of small dams. Pumps: hydraulic characteristic and selection for varying duties. Irrigation scheduling. Salt problems in irrigated agriculture, leaching and reclamation of saline and alkaline soils