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Generating Skilled Manpower for Irrigation Projects in Developing Countries: A Study of Northwest Mexico
Author(s) -
Haissman I.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr007i001p00001
Subject(s) - irrigation , developing country , training (meteorology) , agriculture , business , computer science , operations research , water resource management , operations management , economic growth , engineering , economics , environmental science , geography , meteorology , ecology , archaeology , biology
A simple, practical method for finding the numbers of skilled personnel necessary for the successful implementation of irrigation projects in developing countries, and for designing a training system to generate this personnel is given. The occupations critical to irrigation development and the agricultural activities in which each occupation is deployed are listed. A series of coefficients, based mainly on the successful irrigation development in northwest Mexico, determines the manpower quantities required as functions of given project parameters. A network flows model and a linear programing model are developed for designing the appropriate training systems.