Agriculture

Globally, the agricultural sector consumes about 70% of the planet’s accessible freshwater. Because water is vital for the success of agriculture, proper water management techniques are necessary to meet food and fiber material demands around the world. Resources available here pay special attention to efficient irrigation and sustainable agriculture techniques.

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Agriculture Resources

A Technical and Economic Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping in Egypt

Published: 
May 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The need for small, efficient, low-lift pumping devices is being recognized worldwide. Many developing countries need such pumps to lift irrigation surface water 0.5 to 3 meters. This paper analyzes the technical and economic characteristics of low-lift pumps. Water wheels and both portable and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation

Published: 
April 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Irrigation by gravity from a water delivery system where the difference in elevation between the canal's source and the fields is small requires careful use of the limited head available. Drop structures normally used to control flow are not used in order to conserve head. Instead, a desired...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Improving Egypt's Irrigation System in the Old Lands: Findings of the Egypt Water Use and Management Project; Final Report

Published: 
March 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The Egyptian Water Use and Management Project conducted an applied research and extension program with small farmers at three pilot sites (El-Mansuriya, Abu Raya, and Abyuha) to develop improved on-farm water management and delivery systems. Project findings are presented in this final report...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Synthesis of Design Operation and Management of Surface Irrigation Conveyance Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
A theory for the design of conveyance systems, synthesizing with it the operation and management and set in an interdisciplinary mode is proposed. The theory involving eleven steps is required in the development of solutions for six basic problems hitherto inadequately addressed. These solutions...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation System Improvement By Simulation and Optimization, Pt. 1: Theory

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
A theory to evaluate improvement alternatives for an irrigation system by way of simulation and optimization is presented. A mathematical simulation model combining existing models of conveyance, application, and water use subsystems was developed and verified using available field data from...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation System Improvement By Simulation and Optimization, Pt. 2: Application

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Results are presented of a test, made on a 3.17-ha wheat farm in Pakistan, of a mathematical model for evaluating irrigation system improvement alternatives. In developing the model, water conveyance, application, and water use subsystem models were calibrated with data from the test site...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Synthesis of Lessons Learned for Rapid Appraisal of Irrigation Strategies

Published: 
December 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and conducted by USAID. The key project objective is to provide services in irrigated regions of the world for improving design and operation of existing and future irrigation projects and give guidance to...Read more

Water Management for Small Farms: A Training Manual for Farmers in Hill Areas, Instructor's Guide

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This booklet is not a detailed guide for hands-on training. It merely suggests the types of exercises that the instructor can use to help the student (farmer or technician) learn the applicable irrigation principles and practices presented in its companion training manual, Water Management for...Read more

Diagnostic Analysis of Five Deep Tubewell Irrigation Systems in Joydebpur, Bangladesh

Published: 
October 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The major objective of this field oriented training program was to provide the participants with an understanding of the interdisciplinary method of investing existing irrigation systems. This program involved 26 professionals from the fields of irrigation engineering, agronomy, sociology and...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt: the Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use

Published: 
August 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The most profitable use of resources on a typical Egyptian farm is analyzed in view of resource, institutional, and government policies constraints. The linear programming model of a farm management decision problem, based on an average sized farm found in a survey of 50 farms in Kafr El Sheikh,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

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