Base Knowledge
Degree in agricultural, forestry or similar course.
Teaching Methodologies
Oral exposition – used for the presentation of teaching content detailing principles and fundamentals, illustrated with practical cases, with the support of video projection of schemes and images.
Solving numerical calculation problems – used for the development of reasoning skills specific to the subject of the curricular unit.
Learning Results
The objective of this curricular unit is to promote the following skills in the student:
1) Know the problem of water in the context of agricultural production and the interactions with water resources and the environment.
2) Knows methods for calculating the water needs of crops and water-production relationships.
3) Knows irrigation and drainage techniques.
4) Knows the environmental impacts of water use in agriculture and the techniques for mitigating the main problems of water and soil conservation.
5) Knows methods of managing hydro-agricultural developments.
Program
1) Hydrology and hydrological data processing and water resources management.
2) Water needs of cultures and water-production relationships.
3) Irrigation and drainage techniques.
4) Water quality and water and soil conservation techniques.
5) Water resources and management of hydro-agricultural developments.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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MOLDEN, D. (Ed.) – Water for Food, Water for Life, a compreensive assessment of water management in agriculture. London, Sterling: Earthscan, 2007.
PEREIRA, L. S. – Necessidades de água e métodos de rega. Lisboa: Pub. Europa-América, 2004.
PEREIRA, L. S., I. CORDERY, I. IACOVIDES – Coping with Water Scarcity, Addressing and Challenges, Ed. Springer, 2009.
OLIVEIRA, I. – Técnicas de Regadio. Teoria e Prática. 2ª Ed. Lisboa: Ed. Autor, 2011.
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STUYT, L.C.P.M., W. DIERICKX, J. M. BELTRÁN – Materials for subsurface land drainage systems. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 60, Rome, 2005.
TANJI, K. K., N. C. KIELEN – Agricultural drainage water management in arid and semi-arid areas. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 61, Rome, 2002.