CAST papers are developed by interdisciplinary task forces composed of volunteer authors, chairs, reviewers, liaisons, and translators from academia, industry, and government. This index recognizes those contributors and highlights the breadth of expertise that supports CAST’s work.

Isaya Kisekka

Affiliation
University of California, Davis
Title/Position
Professor of Hydrology and Agricultural Water Management
Expertise
Agricultural water management and hydrology; Sustainable groundwater management; Irrigation impacts on crop production and water balance; Water quality in agroecosystems; Climate change adaptation in irrigated agriculture; Multi-scale water systems modeling and experimentation
Bio

Isaya Kisekka is a Professor of Hydrology and Agricultural Water Management at the University of California, Davis, with joint appointments in the Departments of Land, Air and Water Resources and Biological and Agricultural Engineering. He also serves as Director of the UC Davis Agricultural Water Center of Excellence, where he leads initiatives focused on sustaining groundwater resources and irrigated agriculture. Dr. Kisekka’s research integrates experimental and modeling approaches to quantify the effects of irrigation on crop production, water balance, water quality, and climate adaptation across scales ranging from groundwater basins to field and soil systems. He holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Makerere University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Florida.

Publications as Author
CAST_Precision Irrigation Management
This report examines the principles, technologies, and applications of precision irrigation across gravity, sprinkler, and microirrigation systems. It reviews variable rate irrigation, soil- and plant-based sensing, evapotranspiration monitoring, irrigation scheduling tools, and complementary technologies such as fertigation and data-driven decision support systems.