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

Start - Up Workshop for the Irrigation Systems Management II Project, Quetta, Pakistan, March 12-15, 1990

Published: 
March 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The workshop group came to major agreements about how the technical assistance team provincial advisors were to coordinate and collaborate with the Pakistani provincial coordinators in the Provincial Irrigation Departments. Specific responsibilities were defined, based on the needs of the provinces...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Irrigation Management in Relation to Waterlogging and Salinity

Published: 
September 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper presents an overview of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between irrigation management in Pakistan and the incidence of waterlogging and salinity. It is emphasized that management research should focus on the whole system, including surface and ground water resources...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Irrigation Systems Management II: Amendment No. 2

Published: 
February 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project's original purpose was to rehabilitate the system and establish appropriate funding levels, funding mechanisms, and operations and maintenance procedures and practices to keep the system in its improved state. The project was designed with four components: (1) Rehabilitation Works...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Full Funding Budget for Irrigation, Drainage Systems and Flood Bunds in N.W.F. Province

Published: 
April 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The document provides a detailed summary of the funding, project missions, and engineering specifics for the irrigation project in the NWF province. Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Evaluation of Existing Irrigation Water Pricing Policy in Pakistan

Published: 
November 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
Irrigation water pricing policy in Pakistan has not only failed as an institutional mechanism for allocating water, but is also putting the Pakistani Government under heavy financial strain. Existing water charges must be significantly increased, this study argues, to bridge the increasing revenue-...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Funding Requirements for Adequate Irrigation System Operation and Maintenance - Pakistan

Published: 
May 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
A consulting team visited Pakistan in 4/84 to review provincial funding levels for irrigation system operation and maintenance (O&M) and to propose new O&M funding targets as dictated by an expanded maintenance program and by changes in Provincial Irrigation Department (PID) staffing and...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

On-Farm Water Management Project in Pakistan

Published: 
June 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Watercourse improvements conducted under A.I.D.'s On-Farm Water Management Project in Pakistan have enabled farmers to increase their crop yields and incomes. This report analyzes the setting, history, and impact of the project. While water user associations were not effectively established,...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Circular Concrete Irrigation Turnout: Design and Construction

Published: 
April 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Improved conveyance channel water control structures are very important for bettering on-farm water management and increasing irrigation efficiency. This handbook describes the design, construction, and use of an irrigation channel turnout for rotational distribution systems in Pakistan. Initial...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Economics of Local Control of Irrigation Water in Pakistan: a Pilot Study

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Pakistan's irrigation system is among the world's largest. Government agencies share responsibility for diversion works and delivery canals while management of local distribution networks is left to farmers. Water allocation to farmers is based on rigid local weekly schedules designed to...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Utilization of Local Councils for Improvement of On-Farm Water Management in Pakistan

Published: 
November 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
Reports on feasibility of a proposed subproject of the On-Farm Water Management project to upgrade the institutional and technical capacities of District Councils in Pakistan to administer canal irrigation associations. A historical review of changing government jurisdictions and local...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

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