Fertigation: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Production

Ahmed Mohamed Taha is a Senior Researcher (Assistant Professor) at Water Requirements and Field Irrigation Research Department; Soils, Water, and Environment Research Institute; Agricultural Research Center; Egypt.  Dr. Taha’s experience is concentrated on design, implementation and evaluation of pressurized irrigation systems, i.e. sprinkler and drip systems,  at local (government and private sectors) and international organizations.  Since 2001 Dr. Taha has designed modern irrigation systems for 200 different farms covering an area of about 2000 hectares. He also acted as a technical advisor for 7 industrial companies from 2003 to 2009, and worked as a consultant in Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Khartoum, Sudan in 2017.  Dr. Taha was involved in evaluating the water distribution uniformity under pivot systems in West-West El-Minia project in 2018. In addition, he evaluated the performance of drip irrigation systems in theresearch farm of Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute in West-West El-Minia project in 2019.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to chemigation and fertigation.- Chapter 2. Selecting an injector for fertilizer/chemical injection.- Chapter 3. Fertilizers for fertigation.- Chapter 4. Major, secondary, and micronutrient fertilizers used in fertigation.- Chapter 5. Fertigation practices: Egyptian case study.