Symposium Organizing Committee [https://www.asabe.org/26microirrigation]:
Symposium Chair: Isaya Kisekka, PhD., University of California Davis
(1-(530) 379-9549 or ikisekka@ucdavis.edu)
Symposium Co-Chair & Host: Jessica Bell, ASABE Meetings Manager
(1-(269) 932-7029 or bell@asabe.org)
Symposium Co-Chair & Host: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, P.E., Prof in Irrigation
Symposium secretary & pre- & post tours: Damarys Acevedo-Acevedo
(damarys.acevedo-acevedo@usace.army.mil)
Symposium guest speaker & technical advisor: James E. Ayars
(james.ayars@gmail.com)
Symposium Co-Chair (Program): Anita Thompson
(amthompson2@wisc.edu)
Ambassador & Industry outreach: Sanjay Shukla (sshukla@ufl.edu)
Co- Chair (Out-reach & short course): Sandra Guzman
(sandra.guzmangut@ufl.edu)
USA Delegation:
Saqib Mukhtar (smukhtar@ufl.edu)
Juan Enciso (jencisom@yahoo.com)
Davie M. Kadyampakeni (dkadyampakeni@ufl.edu)
Field Trips (Lajas & Ponce) & Local Arrangements:
Co-Chair: Elvin Roman UPRM (elvin.roman@upr.edu)
Co-Chair, Local PR registration: Rebecca Tirado UPRM
(rebecca.tirado@upr.edu)
Eric Harmsen, UPRM (harmsen1000@gmail.com)
Manuel Matos, Local arrangements (manuel.matos@usda.gov)
Mario Rodriguez (mario.rodriguez@usda.gov)
Manuel Crespo (crespo.ruiz@gmail.com)
International Delegation:
Vyas Pandey, India (vyask.pandey@gmail.com)
Felix B Reinders, ICID (reindersfb@gmail.com)
Li Jiusheng, China (jiushengli@126.com)
Alejandro Pannunzio, South America
(alejandropannunzio@gmail.com)
Alejandra Rojas, Costa Rica (alerojasgonza@gmail.com)
USDA – ARS/ NRCS/ NIFA Delegation:
Luis Cruz Arroyo, NRCS (luis.cruz-arroyo@usda.gov)
Steve R. Evett, ARS (steve.evett@usda.gov)
Steven Thomson, NIFA (steven.j.thomson@usda.gov)
Teferi Tsegaye, ARS (teferi.tsegaye@usda.gov)
Manuel Matos, NRCS (manuel.matos@usda.gov)
Mario Rodriguez, NRCS (mario.rodriguez@usda.gov)
Special Collection Editors
Jum Ayars
Megh Goyal
Megh R Goyal (goyalmegh@gmail.com)
Co-sponsors:
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS);
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS);
- NIFA - Cooperative Extension System
- University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus (uprm.edu):
- College of Agricultural Sciences: Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service (SEA) &
- Agricultural Experiment Station (EEA) & EEA – Lajas; Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department;
- Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences
- University of Wisconsin – Madison (Biological Systems Engineering)
- USCID (US Committee on Irrigation & Drainage)
- W4128 (USDA-ARS): Microirrigation: A Sustainable Technology for Crop Intensification and
Improved Crop Productivity; UCA-Davis Agricultural Water Center - ASABE NRES-24 and NRES-245 Committees