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

Irrigation Systems Management Project: End of Tour Report

Published: 
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Assist the Irrigation Department in survey, mapping, design and construction of the rehabilitation of the four irrigation systems in the Polonnaruwa District and the Gal Oya Right Bank Systems.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Special Report on Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) Preventative Maintenance Program

Published: 
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Under the Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) the procedure for developing the Preventative Maintenance Program (PMP) was outlined in the Project paper. This procedure is schematically shown and provides the guidelines for development of the PMP over the life of project. The project paper...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Maharashtra Minor Irrigation

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached final evaluation (XD-ABE-430-A) of a project to increase irrigation efficiency and profitability in 90 minor irrigation schemes (MIS's) in the Indian State of Maharashtra. The evaluation covered the period 1984-7/91; the PACD is 9/92. The project has been highly successful...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Report of The USAID Technical Assistance Team for On-Farm Water Management to Directorate of Water Management Research At Rahuri and Water Technology Centre for The Eastern Region At Bhubeneshwar

Published: 
April 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the three-week consultancy concerning on-farm water management by the US advisory team to the Directorate of Water Management Research, ICAR. The team participated in two discussion-cum-training workshops with chief scientist from the 24 experiment stations associated with...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Sources of Future Growth in Indian Irrigated Agriculture

Published: 
March 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper assumes that in India forces will gather strength in the next ten to twenty years until the expansion of irrigated area becomes less important as a source of growth in agricultural output other kinds of changes within the irrigation sector. It also assumes that the subsector of irrigated...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Development Costs and Subsidies for Irrigation in India

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
In late 1991, the Regional Economic Development Services Office, East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA) began an initiative to identify capital projects in the water and sanitation (W&S) sector, among other, and to suggest possible uses for a special appropriation of $650 million under study by...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Mission Request for Extension Beyond Ten Years of Irrigation Systems Management Project

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mission requests approval of a no cost extension of the Irrigation Systems Management (ISM) Project Assistance completion date from June 4, 1993 to December 31, 1993. This extension, which would take the project beyond ten years, is required to complete the delivery and installation of five large U...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Trends and Policy Directions for Irrigation Investment and Management in Sri Lanka

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Massive investments in irrigation coupled with the introduction of seed-fertilizer technology brought Sri Lanka to near self-sufficiency in rice by the mid-1980's. Of late, however, policymakers in the government and in donor agencies appear to be shifting emphasis from new irrigation...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Sustainable and Productive Resource Management: Macro Policies for Land and Water Resources

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the seventh in a series of ten Policy Papers being prepared under the IMPSA Program. All of the previous papers address issues directly related to improving the performance of irrigated agriculture, with special reference to institutional issues. This paper and the eighth one on...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Promoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of guiding principles and feasible strategies on trade and fiscal policies affecting irrigated agriculture in Sri Lanka, which would contribute to achieving high profitability in these systems in the future. The paper also sets out broad guidelines for...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

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