Knowledge exchange to improve irrigation water metering

Abstract

Accurate measurements and statistics on irrigation water use is vital for improving water-energy-food security. This is relevant for determining water used by the irrigation sector, or to create benchmarks from where water resource management institutions and growers can set targets to become more irrigation efficient and water productive. The main objective of the knowledge exchange initiative was to update and re-package the guidelines that the Water Research Commission (WRC) has published in the past on irrigation water measurement and metering. The brief guides that were developed for the national roadshow comprise updated knowledge and guidelines from selected WRC reports on water measuring and metering that are relevant for the target audience. The guides created a platform for addressing key questions that were identified in interaction with the target audience during recent WRC projects.

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