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

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

USAID Assisted Maharashtra Minor Irrigation Project (386-0490): Final Evaluation Report

Published: 
July 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose o f the USAID assisted Maharashtra MinorIrrigation Project was to increase irrigation efficiency and net returns from investments with employment increases in ninety minor irrigation projects in the state of Maharashtra.Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Tank Irrigation in South India: What Next?

Published: 
July 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Tanks are a common feature of the south Indian cultural landscape, irrigating about one third of the total rice area in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The concentration of tanks is high in these states because of topographical features such as undulating terrain, hard...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Water Production Functions as Related to Time and Amount of Irrigation and Rain

Published: 
May 29, 1990
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
The workshop had the following objectives: 1. Consider the basic processes that determine crop water use and soil water balance characteristics. 2. Discuss the theoretical and experimental methods for evaluation of evapotranspiration (soil evaporation and transpiration). 3. Consider the effect...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

International Shortcourses, Workshops and Conferences on Irrigation Management and Related Topics

Published: 
January 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document contains a calendar of international short courses, workshops, and conferences on irrigation management and related topics.Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

IRIES -- Irrigation Impact Evaluation System: an Evaluation of the Direct and Indirect Impacts of Irrigation on Income, Employment and Health in the State of Maharashtra, India

Published: 
March 31, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates the impact of three irrigation projects in the Indian state of Maharashtra: (1) Mula, a major project in the drought- prone Ahemednagar district; (2) Chulband, a medium-scale project in the assured rainfall district of Bhandara; and (3) Sidhanath, a small-scale project in the rainfall-...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Water Resources Management and Training Program: Irrigation Management and Training Program -- Handbook for Improving Irrigation System Maintenance Practices

Published: 
January 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
In this handbook four maintenance plans, namely (a) essential structures maintenance, (b) normal maintenance, (c) "catch-up" maintenance, and (d) preventive maintenance, have been developed to provide guidelines to identify problems, develop solutions and implement the same for improving...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

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