The Online Irrigation School is a philanthropic learning site that offers nine online courses in the field of irrigation, fertilization and agrotech with the aim of helping farmers all over the world to become more efficient and improve agricultural results as well as to reduce world hunger.
The courses on the site are based on professional, objective knowledge that I have accumulated over 40 years of work as a product manager and project manager at the world's leading irrigation companies.
Since the establishment of the site I discovered that the main challenge standing in my way to achieve the site's goal is the difficulty of reaching the world's farmers who need this knowledge.
Therefore, I am providing the site's content free of charge to those who will help spread the word, that is, by sharing the site on social networks in the hope that the information in it will reach everyone who needs it.
Also, I intend to develop more content in more languages, if you want to help in this effort you can donate any amount you can, through the donation interface.
The course is open to everyone without the need to register on the website to allow you to be impressed by the content and the quality of the teaching and decide whether to continue studying with me.
Just click the “Take me to the course” button and start learning.
And most importantly, spread the word, share the course on Facebook or LinkedIn so that the knowledge reaches everyone who needs it.
7 lessons 🕙 17 min, Access for 6 months.
Basic concepts in particle filtration, types of filters and their methods of operation, means for diagnosing filtration needs and considerations in choosing an optimal filtration system
If you have watched the course on filtering and would like to continue learning, there are 8 additional courses available to you, free of charge. To watch the courses you must register on the site and click “Take me to the course”
Registering on the site allows us to track user choices and thus learn and improve in future courses.
4 lessons 🕙 9 min, Access for 6 months.
Practical aspects of implementing a sprinkler-based irrigation system, the principle of uniformity of distribution, types of sprinklers, different uses, advantages and disadvantages, and indicators for choosing a sprinkler system
5 lessons 🕙 11 min, Access for 6 months.
The principles of drip irrigation, advantages and disadvantages of the method, the structure of the drip system and maintenance of the drip system for optimal use.
4 lessons 🕙 10 min, Access for 6 months.
Basic concepts in practical hydraulics in irrigation. Flow, pressure, velocity, standing loss and irrigation rate.
The course includes calculation examples, and is a preliminary course to the course dealing with irrigation valves
6 lessons 🕙 16 min, Access for 6 months.
What is mechanized irrigation?
Types of mechanized irrigation devices, structure and operation methods. Advantages and disadvantages of linear and pivot machines.
Spraying, control panel, safety and regulation means for mechanized irrigation.
4 lessons 🕙 10 min, Access for 6 months.
This course is a continuation course for the mobile irrigation course. Within it we would like to illustrate the principles and tools for mobile irrigation planning using an example case
and we will perform a simulation of irrigation planning with three alternative irrigation methods: linear irrigation machine, swivel around machine and a pivot machine.
6 lessons 🕙 14 min, Access for 6 months.
We will review aspects of soil-water-plant relations relevant to the field of irrigation, what is soil, textures and types of soils
The movement of water in the soil, and the states of water retention in the soil - saturation point, field capacity and absorption point.
Factors affecting water uptake by the plant and water evaporation from the plant. We will also get to know technological tools for measuring the water consumption of the crop and directing irrigation.
6 lessons 🕙 12 min, Access for 6 months.
We will review the main considerations and constraints towards the planning and installation of an irrigation system in the agricultural field. Environmental conditions, soil and climate, water sources, agronomic guidelines, filtration, fertilization, command and control and other technical constraints. Also, we will focus on practical highlights for optimal planning of the irrigation system.
5 lessons 🕙 13 min, Access for 6 months.
Theories and best practices in the field of Fertigation. Basic concepts and principles of fertigation, benefits and possible risks, nutrient components and their contribution to the plant. and the six-step process of fertigation.
My "I believe" and that of the "Online Irrigation School" project is that: More knowledge will lead to more harvests More harvests will lower the price of agricultural produce, And the price drop will allow more people to improve the quality of their diet, thus reducing world hunger!
If you liked the initiative of the Online Irrigation School, and you want to take part in providing professional assistance to farmers around the world to improve agricultural results and reduce world hunger.
You can donate to the site an amount of money of your choice in multiples of $50, the donation funds will be used to develop additional content and translate it into additional languages.
An invoice for the donation will be sent to you automatically, and your name will appear on the donors page on the site.
The courses do not include assignments, they are designed to impart knowledge.
In the first phase, they focused on developing content in Hebrew and English, but we are going to develop the existing content in other languages such as Russian, Spanish and Chinese.
Yes, in the first stage we focused on basic content, we will develop additional content in the near future, To this end, we are raising donations on the website.
