Farouk A. Hassan, Ph.D.

Irrigation & Soils Consultant

Agro Industrial Management
Fresno, California

Dear Visitor

As the technical director of Agro Industrial Management,  the owner company of this website, I would like to  give you a review of my career that includes both academic and project work experience.

Overview

Obtained Ph.D. (Soil-Water) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and did post-doctorate research on water movement in soils at the University Of California, Berkeley, California. Earned over thirty five years of local and international project work experience, college teaching and contributed to several basic and applied research and technology transfer programs in irrigation and soil reclamation.

Local Project Work

On the local front, I served as an irrigation & soils specialist with consulting and contracting companies.  This included irrigation systems design, system evaluation and maintenance, system modification, irrigation scheduling and management.  Project work involved providing irrigation and soil services to enhance farming profitability, conserve soil and water, and the efficient use of these resources.  It also involved soil reclamation, conservation and assessment of the quality of irrigation water.

International Project Work

I served as an irrigation & soils specialist and as an irrigation manager with public and private sector organizations in several countries. The work included included irrigation systems design, system evaluation and maintenance, system modification, irrigation scheduling and management.  It also included developing irrigation and soils applied research programs for testing and implementation of adaptable technology aimed at increasing the local agricultural production through enhancing the utilization efficiency of limited land and water resources in order to achieve a sustainable saline arid agriculture.  Several crops were successfully grown under drip and irrigated with highly saline water.

Academic Career

I taught graduate and undergraduate courses in soils, irrigation, and related subjects, and conducted and supervised research work on water and salt movement in soils.

Published Work

Published work includes a number of technical papers and reports in soil-water relations, water requirement of crops, irrigation practices, water quality, and salt tolerance of crops. Also, published a book titled "Microirrigation Management and Maintenance".