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

Ecuador Irrigation Sector Review

Published: 
October 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The current state of irrigated agriculture in Ecuador is reviewed, and recommendations are made for improving national hydraulic and irrigation planning to maximize social benefits. Setting the context is a discussion of the Government of Ecuador's (GOE) administrative capacity for irrigation...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation Projects Document Review: Central and South America

Published: 
February 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and assisted by USAID. Utah State University and Colorado State University served as lead universities for the project. This report focuses on findings in Central and South America.Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Assessment of Irrigation Activities in Bolivia

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The use of irrigation in Bolivia is very inefficient. Although approximately two-thirds of the nation's population is engaged in agriculture, production remains at a low level. Traditional production methods, poor management, and lack of capital are primary obstacles to improved productivity...Read more
Regional focus: 
BoliviaLatin America and the Caribbean

Black Bush and Tapakuma Irrigation Projects, Georgetown, Guyana; Trip Report

Published: 
May 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Guyana Small Farm Development Project is AID's portion of a jointly financed project in the Black Bush area of Guyana. The global project proposes to rehabilitate an existing rice irrigation system and extend it so rice can be double cropped on some 75,000 acres. The AID component will...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuyanaLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation in the Dominican Republic, Trip Report

Published: 
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Theses notes are based on field tours, literature review, and discussions while on TDY in the Dominican Republic during September 26 - October 7, 1977. Field trips were made to the irrigated areas of San Juan de la Maguana, Bani, Yaque del Norte, and Yuna-Cuma.Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation Institutions and Water Users in Ecuador

Published: 
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
EXAMINES HOW TO IMPROVE WATER MANAGEMENT AT THE SMALL FARM LEVEL IN ECUADOR. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DISCOVER THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF IRRIGATION INSTITUTIONS OPERATING IN THE ANDEAN REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA, TO IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM AND WATER USERS, AND TO IDENTIFY...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Prefeasibility Studies of Selected Community Irrigation Systems; Vol. I: Task C

Published: 
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Pro-feasibility report identifying at least 6000 hectares of irrigable land with systems requiring rehabilitation. The areas to be screened from a list of priority projects has provided to the contractor from USAID and the Government of Haiti. This report concerns on the Task C portion of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
HaitiLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Constraints to Corn Production in Central Brazil

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The area around Brasilia, Brazil is representative of millions of hectares in the tropics with very acid soils of extremely low fertility. The unfavorable water supplying properties of these soils together with the occurrence of wet season dry periods and limitations to root growth due to aluminum...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Availability and Soil Suitability for Irrigation Water Impoundments in the Federal DistrICT of Brazil

Published: 
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Agriculture on the Central Plateau of Brazil is poorly developed. The main reasons are the poor soil fertility and the high aluminum toxicity of the soils, restricting the rooting depth of many crops. Shallow rooting is responsible for the occurrence of serious soil-water stress conditions, even in...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Moisture Availability and Crop Production

Published: 
June 26, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
Within rapidly developing economies there is increasing demand for better planning for the use of resources for agricultural production. Planned agricultural development depends upon a variety of resources and conditions including soils, climate, land use history, management and cultural practices...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

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