Operation and management of irrigated systems

The content of the module is structured in 5 sequences:

1) Irrigation equipment and infrastructure ;

2) Irrigation control;

3) Socio-economic analysis, consultation methods;

4) Professional conferences;

5) Case study: conversion of an irrigated system

1) to acquire knowledge and expertise on the different components of the functioning of an irrigated system, individual or collective, by mobilizing the knowledge acquired in the other UE of the specialization,
2) to apprehend the sustainable management of the water resource on the scale of an agricultural territory, from different angles (water resource, agronomic, technical, socio-economic) and at different scales (from the plot to the watershed).

UE Field camp (data acquired on site); water and plant production; hydraulics

Examination: 50%.

Continuous assessment: 50%.

Evaluation based on a final exam (1 hour) and on continuous assessment (case studies).

Irrigation techniques; consultation; irrigated perimeters; hydraulic developments; socio-economic analysis; hydraulic engineering; agronomy