Microirrigation school offers guide to water use efficiency

The 2026 Advanced School on Microirrigation for Crop Production will be offered from March 30 to April 3, with registration deadline on March 25.

The program combines three days of classroom instruction at the University of California, Davis, with two days of field visits, including fruit and nut production systems in the San Joaquin Valley and vegetable, berry and winegrape systems along the Central Coast. There is also an online option for the first three days of the program.

Topics include technical aspects of water delivery systems to allow for successful adoption and management of microirrigation systems; soil-water movement and soil-plant-water relations with microirrigation; microirrigation systems design, operation, maintenance, automation and performance evaluation; methods and tools for microirrigation scheduling; managing microirrigation for different crops; chemigation and fertigation; and salinity management with microirrigation.

Participants will receive a UC Certificate of Completion, copy of the book “Microirrigation for Crop Production” and continuing education units. 

For the full program schedule, visit caii.org/international-micro-irrigation-school/. 

Register at https://caii.org/product/micro-irrigation-school-lectures-remote-streaming-registration/.