e-DID: an electronic device for Drip Irrigation Design
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Drip design, e-DID software, KeralaAbstract
Irrigated agriculture plays a vital role for a sustainable agricultural future. Drip irrigation has been proved to be an efficient method of water application, but one of the problems persisting is the sophisticated procedure of a precise design and estimation. e-DID software is an electronic tool to assist in drip-irrigation system design and cost estimation with much ease. The software is designed to be suitable for all districts of Kerala and ten major crops namely vegetables, banana, tapioca, pineapple, arecanut, coconut, pepper, tea, coffee and cowpea. The design is obtained through few simple procedures by the user; the input data include the field dimension, irrigation interval and duration, number of blocks etc. The result includes whole system design, materials required, cost, and pump selection, in three different layouts. The software is programmed in C# dot NET and uses only a minimum number of readily available input data which makes it simple and user friendly on one hand, and accurate and robust on the other. The result can be saved in pdf or excel format for further processing.References
Micheal, A.M. 2015. Irrigation Theory and Practice, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Rajput, T.B.S and Patel Neelam. 2003. User’s guide for DripD, A Software for designing drip irrigation system. Precision Farming Development Centre, Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi.
Vardan, K.M. 1997. Irrigation scheduling. Manual of short course on ‘On –farm Water management ’ CWRDM, Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode.
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