Describes the use of satellite remote sensing and geographic information system techniques to obtain information on primary agricultural productivity and irrigation system performance in a large rice irrigation system in India. Discusses the potential and cost-effectiveness of SRS techniques for making inventories and monitoring agricultural productivity.

Irrigation system performance assessment and diagnosis. performance, performance indicators and performance frameworks. Design-management environments and irrigation system management objectives. Performance in fixed division systems. Performance in gated division systems. Lessons learned from the case studies. Proposition for improving performance. Sustaining irrigation performance.

In this study, satellite remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) techniques were used to analyze the agricultural performance and sustainability of the Bhakra Irrigation System in India. The results demonstrate the synergy possible from applying satellite remote sensing and GIS to evaluate trends in rising water tables and salinity, which are two important threats to the sustainability of irrigation systems, and the cost-effectiveness of these techniques as diagnostic tools for irrigation system improvement.

Describes and evaluates the application of IWMI's minimum set of performance indicators to the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, and compares this with the application of a small set of process performance indicators.

This book draws together the knowledge that has been gained in irrigation and drainage performance assessment over the last 10 to 15 yers. Performance assessment is an essential management task. If the use of water for irrigation is to be improved, then we must understand current levels of performance and identify measures for improvement. This book provides guidelines to enable practitioners to apply the process and procedures that have evolved. Developed by a working group of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), it provides a theory and practice of how to audit and assess the performance of irrigation and drainage schemes. This book will be of interes to researchers and professionals in irrigation, drainage, soils and agricultural engineering.

Sirsa irrigation circle and its distribution objectives. Canal water distribution in the Sirsa irrigation circle. Material and methods. Crop growing conditions, Rabi 1995/96. Hydrologic analysis for 1977-90. Water balance classifications. Agricultural practices as a function of hydrologic conditions. The performance of irrigates agriculture at Sirsa. Annex 1 - Annual water and salt balances in the Sirsa irrigation circle. Annex 2 - Cluster analysis. Annex 3 - Estimating the water consumption of a wheat crop. Literature cited.