Please note that the content of this book mainly consists of articles that are available online from Wikipedia or other free sources. Wolfram Achtnich (June 11, 1923, in Dresden; February 29, 2008, in Steinenbronn) was a German agronomist. His main teaching and research focus was on irrigation agriculture in the tropics and subtropics. Wolfram Achtnich, the son of a high school teacher, attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Dresden and graduated in 1942. He then served three years in the Navy as a lieutenant. In 1945, Achtnich began an agricultural apprenticeship. From 1947, he studied agriculture at the University of Kiel and at the University of Hohenheim. After passing the diploma examination in agriculture (1950), he worked as a research associate at the Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding in Hohenheim. Under the guidance of Walth.