Abstract:
The study seeks to develop a field water management system for
agriculture in peat soils in Malaysia, with an overall approach of integrating the
engineering and agronomic aspects associated with crop production in deep peat
areas. This includes the determination of soil physical parameters essential for field
drainage design. The main experiments were carried out on a 10.9 hectare plot of
land, initially drained 15 years earlier. The results were compared with data
collected from a newly opened area and an area drained 40 years earlier. Cont/d.
