Participatory Training and Extension 
in Farmers’ Water Management

Supporting Training Material

SUPPORTING TRAINING MATERIAL A range of relevant training materials in direct support to the implementation of the training programme and provide technical background information and illustrations which will further help in the introduction of the materials. They include:

• 1 Introduction to Irrigation (1764 KB)
• 2 Elements of Topographic Surveying (1127 KB)
• 3 Irrigation Water Needs (1319 KB)
• 4 Irrigation Scheduling (731 KB)
• 5 Irrigation Methods (1942 KB)
• 6 Scheme Irrigation Water Needs and Supply (779 KB)
• 7 Canals (7651 KB)
• 8 Structures for Water Control and Distribution (8075 KB)
• 9 Drainage of Irrigated Land (4122 KB)
• 10 Irrigation Scheme Operation and Maintenance (1303 KB)
• Small Scale Pumped Irrigation: Energy and Costs (3098 KB)

• Transfer of Irrigation Management – Guidelines (984 KB)
• Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) Sector Guide – Irrigation (1893 K B)

• Farmers’ Seasonal Planning (Indonesia) (3834 KB)
• FWM Problems and Solutions (Indonesia) (7579 KB)

• Sprinkler Irrigation (16 MB)
• Surface Irrigation (22 MB)
• Siphon Irrigation (6,7 MB)
• Water delivery systems in Irrigation (7 MB)
• Water for Irrigation (8 MB)

• Reference list (8 KB)

All the training material can be downloaded (as .pdf files) from this website, but is also available on a CD-ROM that can be ordered by sending an e-mail to:
farmer-water-training@fao.org