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SABI
Your guarantee for appropriate irrigation technology
SABI, the South African Irrigation
Institute strives to provide better irrigation standards
and norms in ensuring the optimal use of irrigation water,
as a scarce natural resource.
SABI has more than 450 members that
include inter alia designers, engineers, soil scientists,
crop experts, economists and irrigation farmers.
Furthermore,
there are more than 50 company members, which represent
mainly manufacturers and suppliers of irrigation equipment.
SABI is a learned society which operates
on a national basis with branches countrywide. Branch
meetings are held at least three times a year in the
various regions where irrigation matters and actual subjects
are handled and discussed by experts.
SABI further has a magazine,
where various aspects on irrigation are covered by experts
that regularly publish articles and information in the
magazine. The magazine is multilingual and contains articles
covering the entire irrigation field.
SABI regularly presents irrigation
courses in co-operation with the private sector, universities,
research organisations and agricultural colleges. Company
members provide training on practical aspects of irrigation,
such as installation, maintenance and management of irrigation
systems.
Because SABI is in close contact with
various role players in the irrigation industry, they
launch investigations on relevant irrigation matters
and take various initiatives in co-operation with them.
Norms for the designing of irrigation
systems are provided to assist designers in making sensible
decisions during the design process. These norms enable
irrigators to evaluate their systems and to manage it
properly.
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