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3rd
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27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal
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WebPIPA - Web Based Paddy Irrigation Productivity Assessment
- An Online Irrigation Water Supply System for Takris
DEEPAK T. J.1, MSM AMIN
2, RASHID SHARIFF
2, ROWSHON M. K.
2
1FOSTEM, INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia
2Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Irrigation water management has significant economic implications in developing countries like
Malaysia. In many countries, the Internet has become an element in people’s daily life, offering new
possibilities for information access and sharing. In this new technological and information age, water is
becoming a source of conflict between domestic, industrial and agricultural use. WebPIPA is a platform
allowing for a public participation in solving disputes and resolving decision making processes in conflicting
situations, especially in cases involving many stakeholders. A 3 – tier architecture framework was carefully
studied and was implemented to create the WebPIPA model. WebPIPA is an Internet Based Model that is
created to benefit the users in the water management sectors in order to make timely decisions on irrigation
water supply. Government and private agencies, researchers, station users, farmers, investors and buyers related
to this study area will be able to access the database through the internet. By strengthening the involvement of
government departments, the database can be very effectively used by all stakeholders at the same time
narrowing the gap between the urban and rural communities in the development of country.
Keywords: DSS, Internet, Rice Granary, WebPIPA.
Introduction:
Irrigated agriculture is by far the largest consumptive
user of water in many developing countries like
Malaysia. Irrigation water management thus has
enormous economic implications for these countries.
While the structural infrastructure for irrigation
comprising of reservoirs, canal networks, drainage
works, and delivery systems is created at a huge
financial investment, a commensurate effort is also
essential on developing scientific water management
policies. Developments in systems science, operations
research, and mathematical modeling for decision
making under uncertainty have been usefully
exploited for water resource management in many
technologically advanced countries. In many
countries, the Internet has become an element in
people’s daily life, offering new possibilities for
information access and sharing. At the same time
there are growing concerns that not only technical
specialists and government officials should be
involved in decision making associated with
utilization of natural resources. Many groups within
the society express the willingness and desire that
they also want to be actively involved in decision
making. This creates challenges to the researchers and
forms a new situation confronting those actively
involved in development of models and tools applied
for decision making. WebPIPA is a decision support
system created to enhance the users to be involved in
data input as well as decision making process. The
recent advancement in the field of Internet has opened
up new challenges as well as opportunities in the way
we have been developing models and decision support
aids. It is not only the medium of information access
and communication but also a flourishing platform to
Develop new generation of applications. With the
emergence of revolutionary technology of web, now it
has become possible to develop information systems
distributed across different locations and
heterogeneous platform. This holds great promise for
application in the food and agricultural systems which
is highly diversified. In this technological and
information age, water is becoming a source of
conflict between domestic, industrial and agricultural
use. In Malaysia, irrigation has been exclusively
devoted to the cultivation of rice paddy. The total land
area planted with rice is about 600,545 ha of which
340,618 ha are supported by irrigation systems. The
remaining area depends mainly on rainfall [1].
Irrigation water management is becoming a
challenging issue. More importance has been given
towards the improvement and effective management
of water for the irrigation. Water is important for rice
irrigation and it is scarcely available in some of the
areas. Hence management of water becomes very
important to cultivate rice. A good irrigation water
management system has to be provided to give
adequate and timely supply of water to improve the
crop production [2]. In order to achieve this, it is
necessary to have adequate water source, a good
conveyance system and good distribution system to
distribute the water over the land. The agricultural
scientific community has been developing models,
databases, expert systems, decision support systems
and software. The WebPIPA is an example of DSS
created to provide an effective conduit for the transfer
DEEPAK T. J., MSM AMIN, RASHID SHARIFF, ROWSHON M. K.
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World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 100-105
of scientific knowledge from research labs to the end-
users to support them in decision making.
Study Area The selected study area is the TAKRIS (Tanjung
Karang Rice Irrigation Scheme). The project area is
located on a flat coastal plain in the Northwest
Selangor Agricultural Development Project (PBLS).
It is in the districts of Kuala Selangor and Sabak
Bernam, which cover an area of approximately 20,000
hectares extending over a length of 40 km along the
coast with a average width of 5 km. The main
irrigation and drainage canals run parallel with the
coast. The Bernam River is the main water source for
the project area. Water for the Tanjung Karang
scheme is diverted from the Bernam River Head
works (BRH), and the Bagan Terap Pump house,
situated about 130 km and 62 km respectively
upstream of the mouth of the Bernam River. The
project area is divided into eight irrigation
compartments and is as shown in the Fig.1 below.
Figure 1: TAKRIS Tanjung Karang irrigation scheme
In the upstream six irrigation compartments from
Sawah Sempadan to Sungai Nipah, tertiary canals
directly connect to the main canal. About 50 farm lots
are grouped in one sub- block. Out of the 19,247 ha.
paddy fields comprise of 17,510 ha. The remaining
area of about 1,737 ha. comprise vegetable
growing760 ha, for tree cropping 460 ha, and idle
land of 510 ha. The annual yield of paddy is about
166,700 metric tons a year. The schematic diagram of
the study area is given below; Earlier study [3] have
acquired field data with respect to compartments and
have calculated the irrigation parameters, where as
this study has emphasized data with respect to blocks
and calculate the irrigation parameters. For more
precise management, tertiary canals and CHO
discharges should be considered with respect to block
for calculating the irrigation parameters to properly
manage the irrigation scheme. This study mainly
emphasized on the application of Internet to acquire
more data for a better decision support system.
Methodology – Step By Step Procedure for
Iws Module This is one of the modules that are created in
WebPIPA module to determine the Water Required,
Standing Water Depth, Net Irrigation and Total Water
Use for stage-1 and stage-2 for a particular lot in the
block. Fig.3 shows the step by step procedure for
Analysis of Irrigation Water Supply Webpage
Module.
Figure 2: schematic diagram showing the study area
with compartment details
Beginning stage is to determine the data that has to be
stored in database for future use and once it is
confirmed, the data has to be collected which is
required for this particular web page design. After
data collection, user interface is to be designed
according to the requirement; normally a user friendly
environment is designed. In this study interactive
WebPages are created for user interface to login using
User ID and Password. After login, the data is fed in
the correct place and results are obtained. Once the
results are obtained, check them for accuracy. If the
results are accurate click on the save button and save
the data fields in the WebPIPA SQL database.
The data stored in the WebPIPA SQL database can be
checked, viewed and edited if required in the station
user mode (suser). The data can be only viewed in
station user1 mode (suser1) and in administrator mode
WebPIPA - Web Based Paddy Irrigation Productivity Assessment
- An Online Irrigation Water Supply System for Takris
Proceedings of the 3rd
World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 100-105
(admin) for this module. Administrator has the
authority to delete or add more data files through the
WebPIPA program.
Figure 3: step by step procedure for analysis of
irrigation water supply webpage module
Irrigation Water Supply Mathematical Model The Irrigation Water Supply model is created to
determine the Total Water Use for stage-1 and stage-2
in the same webpage. In addition to this overall Total
Water Use is determined in this model. Fig.4 shows
the input parameters and output parameters clearly for
both stage-1 and stage-2. The final output will be the
addition of Total Water Use -1 (Stage-1) and Total
Water Use – 2(Stage-2).
WEBPIPA - Online Irrigation Water Supply
Management for Takris WebBased Paddy Irrigation Productivity Assessment
– WebPIPA is an innovative, user friendly and
efficient management tool for run-of-river rice
irrigation system. WebPIPA is developed using .Net
framework and ASP.Net Programming Languages of
Microsoft. Net 2003 environment. This is Web based
program that makes users to login through user id and
password. There are three different users and they are
allocated with different user ids and passwords.
Admin users have all the facilities compared to the
other two users (Station User and Station User1). A 3
- tier architecture framework has been adopted for
better usage of WebPIPA.
WebPIPA has the ability to provide almost unlimited
access to information to everybody, who has the
technical capabilities to connect to the Internet. This
makes WebPIPA particularly suitable for providing
and disseminating information relevant to decision
making processes concerning management of
Figure 4 irrigation water supply model
Figure 5: web based paddy irrigation productivity
assessment (WebPIPA) model
DEEPAK T. J., MSM AMIN, RASHID SHARIFF, ROWSHON M. K.
Proceedings of the 3rd
World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 100-105
Irrigation water resources. Specifically, WebPIPA
may be seen as a platform allowing for a public
participation in resolving decision making processes
in conflicting situations, especially in a case involving
many stakeholders and international context. In such
situations access to neutral and unbiased source of
information about consequences of possible policy
and/or management strategies may contribute to
constructive dialogue between parties involved and
consequently help to overcome differences of
positions dividing the parties and reach (if not an
agreement), then at least reasonable compromise.
This WebPIPA is an Internet Based Model that is
created to benefit the users in water management
sectors in order to make timely decisions to prevent
water losses and increase yield. All government and
private agencies, researchers, station users, farmers,
investors and buyers related to this study area will be
able to access the database through the internet.
Results:
The results derived from the program are precise and
it would be a major boost for the decision makers to
make precise decisions on issues concerned to the
Irrigation Water Supply. Fig.6, is the WebPIPA
homepage which is created using ASP.Net. This
introductory page has an option go through the site.
Once clicked on this option another webpage
prompting the user name ID and password to enter the
WebPIPA database will appear.
Fig.7, illustrates WebPIPA sign-in page. This page
has the username and password option which needs to
be keyed in for further access. The access system is
framed with three types of users. All these three types
of users will receive different usernames and
passwords from the administrator. With the username
and password the users can login to the WebPIPA
database
.
Figure 6: WebPIPA homepage
Figure 7: WebPIPA sign-in page
WebPIPA - Web Based Paddy Irrigation Productivity Assessment
- An Online Irrigation Water Supply System for Takris
Proceedings of the 3rd
World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 100-105
Fig.8, illustrates the results of irrigation water supply
webpage outline for the admin users and also for the
suser1users. The results shown here can only be
viewed. The administrators will not be able to edit this
webpage. The irrigation water supply data has been
grouped into two stages. The total water use for each
stage and the cumulative total water use are calculated
using the model created.
Figure 8: results of irrigation water supply webpage
Fig.9, illustrates the results of irrigation water supply
webpage outline for the suser. The data shown here
can be viewed, edited and saved. If there are any
errors in data entry the suser can edit the data and
obtain the accurate result. The irrigation water
supply data has been grouped into two stages. The
total water use for each stage and the cumulative
total water use are calculated using the model
created.
Figure 9: results of irrigation water supply webpage
DEEPAK T. J., MSM AMIN, RASHID SHARIFF, ROWSHON M. K.
Proceedings of the 3rd
World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 100-105
Conclusion This conclusion is especially relevant in the case of
irrigation water supply management in developing
countries, where the institutional mechanisms of
filling the digital gap between the urban and rural are
poor. By strengthening the involvement of
government departments and private agencies, the
database can be very effectively used by all
stakeholders at the same time narrowing the digital
gap between the urban and rural communities in the
development of country. Decision support systems
(e.g., [4][5][6][7]) that integrate mathematical models
in a user friendly, knowledge-based, and object-
oriented computer software serve this very important
purpose of technology transfer to provide
implementable decisions. In most developing
countries, the gap between theory and practice in
irrigation water management is very wide, and most
of the systems studies remain restricted to the
academic arena
Mathematical models developed for aiding irrigation
decisions, therefore, must be oriented towards
addressing such issues in addition to the scientific
ones for better acceptability. Inclusion of various
stakeholders’ interests must be ensured in the models.
This may be ideally accomplished by involving the
stakeholders in all phases of model development and
testing. Crisp idealization of various aspects related to
crop yield response, operational objectives and long
term goals of irrigation development need to be
relaxed, and instead of providing single valued
“optimal” decisions, the models should be capable of
providing a band of acceptable, near optimal
solutions.
WebPIPA can be used effectively as a platform to
develop an internet-based irrigation water resource
management. This could possibly improve the
livelihood opportunities, water management, and
agricultural productivity of the nation. In this study
we emphasized the use of the internet because of the
need for transparency between the respective
government departments and various water users as a
contribution towards an integrated water resource
management of the river basin.
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