Abstract: Since 1981, the Sri Lanka Government has been testing a different approach to delivering irrigation water to its numerous small‐scale farmers. Instead of conventional open‐channel rotation irrigation with water controlled ...

Abstract: Efficient on-farm use of water and labor for all methods requires a water supply flexible in frequency, rate, and duration and under the control of the irrigator at the point of application. For surface irrigation, the use ...

Abstract: This paper presents the need, value, and concept of flexible irrigation water supply systems that can deliver water with flexibility in frequency, rate, and duration under the control of the farmer at the point of application ...