Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, 524 S. Shaw Lane 120B, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Assessment of Water distribution Efficiency Using Solar Powered Drip Irrigation System Convenient for West Burkina Faso Small Scale Farming
  Author(s): Vinsoun Millogo*, Michel Kéré, Dofindoubê Victor Yé, Toundji Olivier Amoussou, Robert Burdick, Timothy Harrigan and Ajit Srivastava
  
  In order to build the capacity of smallholder farmers, the appropriate scale mechanization consortium team in Burkina Faso designed and tested a small scale drip irrigation system for vegetable production. An experiment was conducted in Sonsongona village “11.2522°N, 4.4559°W” in the Houet Province of the Hauts-Bassins Region. The irrigation system consisted of four compartments: 1) Seven (07) meters depth well in which a submersible pump (ps2-200 h 07) 2) The pump was placed and connected to two electrically semi-automated solar panels (130 watts each) 3) Polytank water tower with a capacity of 2000 liters was feed up from the pump 4) Grid drip system on the irrigation plot. The experimental design was a randomized complete block. The system evaluation was based on measurements of water quantities emitted by 48 emitters per block as well as the flow rate of the pu.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2168-9768.2021.10.286

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