Table 3.

Different types of irrigation systems

Name	Advantages	Application	Technology	Ref
Drip Irrigation	Efficient system, Saves water, Reduces nutrient leaching	Fuzzy Control for automatic greenhouse irrigation, DIDAS software for linearized water flow and scheduling	Matlab, Delphi (Embarcadero, Version XE3)	[45, 46]
Sprinkler Irrigation	Automatic Irrigation, Smooth fertigation and chemigation, No labor requirements	Multi-agent system for garden irrigation, Crop model AquaCrop for the optimization	Agent based simulation, AquaCrop Simulator	[47, 48]
Flood Irrigation	Usable on shallow soils, Low cost	The risk and sensitivity analysis of water, Energy and emissions in IR	Risk Software	[49]
Border Irrigation	Easy to design and maintain, Simple operations of the system, Natural drainage	Improved understanding of IR Models and measures basis for improving IR	SISCO	[50]
Furrow Irrigation	Accomplished, Minimal erosion , Adaptable to a large array of land slopes	Irrigation and fertigation in isolated furrow networks	C-language	[51]
Basin Irrigation	Small fields, Well suited for crops	Modelling and multi-criteria analysis of water saving	ISAREG, SRFR, SIRMOD	[52]