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Irrigation network quality and irrigation techniques including the following assessments:
 
– the coefficient of  efficiency of  an irrigation system within a farm or a cluster of  farms, water 

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losses from the irrigation system and their influence on the groundwater table in surrounding 
areas including the risk of  damage to human settlements as a result of  raised groundwater 
table;
 
– irrigation rates (net and gross) and timing;
 
– irrigation technique and the uniformity of  moisture distribution over soil surface;
 
– irrigation water salinity and chemical composition.