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Scientific resources
Here you will find a collection of recognized scientific research and educational institutions in the field of agricultural irrigation
Research and science centers
Deutschland:
Irriport.de
German Water Partnership (GWP)
INBW – Institute for Sustainable Irrigation and Water Management
Thünen Institute – Irrigation in Baden-Württemberg
DLG – Irrigation
USA:
C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park
Center for Irrigation Technology – Fresno State
USDA ARS – Water Management and Systems Research
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Kanada:
Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre
Mueller Irrigation Research Group – Lethbridge Polytechnic
Vereinigtes Königreich:
Institute of Irrigation and Development Studies – University of Southampton
Water Research Centre (WRc)
Centre for Water, Environment and Development – Cranfield University
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Spanien:
IMDEA Water
SGS Experimental Field Station – Benacazón
Irrigation Modernization in the Ebro – Aragón Region
Italien:
IRSA – Water Research Institute
CREA – Research Centres
Water Research Institute (Verbania)
Frankreich:
INRAE – National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
CIRAD – Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development
Société du Canal de Provence – Irrigation
Universities and educational institutions
Deutschland:
University of Hohenheim – Irrigation & Crop Management
Technical University of Munich – Department of Agricultural Sciences
USA:
University of California, Davis – Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
Purdue University – Agronomy Department
Montana State University – Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Kanada:
University of Guelph – Water Resources Engineering
Vereinigtes Königreich:
University of Reading – Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Spanien:
University of Barcelona – Water Research Institute (IdRA)
Italien:
University of Bologna – Department of Agricultural Sciences
Frankreich:
AgroParisTech – Educational and Research Departments
Ministries and official institutions
BMBF – Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
BMELH – Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
BMWE – Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
ICWRGC – Internationales Zentrum für Wasserressourcen und Global Change
Specialists in irrigation management
– University of Hohenheim, Germany
Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch
Head of the working group Water-Stress Management in Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics
Focus: Water stress management in tropical and subtropical crops
Contact:
Email: fa@uni-hohenheim.de
Office: Garbenstr. 13, Room 031 (ground floor)
Profile: cwsm.uni-hohenheim.de
Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller
Professor of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics, Institute of Agricultural Engineering
Focus: Intelligent irrigation technologies, drainage systems, soil sensors, deficit irrigation
Contact:
Email: joachim.mueller@uni-hohenheim.de
Profile: agrartechnik-440e.uni-hohenheim.de
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Dr. agr. Marcus Giese
Managing Director of the Graduate School “Water-People-Agriculture”
Focus: Coordination of teaching and research in the field of irrigation management
Contact:
Email: m.giese@uni-hohenheim.de
Profile: water4use.uni-hohenheim.de
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Prof. Dr. Henner Gimpel
Professor of Digital Management
Focus: Smart Irrigation and digital technologies in water management
Contact:
Email: (available via university profile)
Profile: uni-hohenheim.de
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Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch
Researcher in the field of Digital Management
Focus: Digital systems in irrigation management
Contact:
Email: (available via university profile)
Profile: uni-hohenheim.de
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PD Dr. Bettina Haussmann
Scientist at the Institute of Plant Breeding, responsible for drought-tolerant crops (sorghum, millet)
Contact:
Email: Bettina.Haussmann@uni-hohenheim.de
Profile: tropen.uni-hohenheim.de
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Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate
Professor at the Institute of Animal Sciences in the Tropics
Focus: Animal production under water scarcity
Contact:
Email: Anne.Valle.Zarate@uni-hohenheim.de
Profile: tropen.uni-hohenheim.de