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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Farm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. VI: Appendices

Published: 
September 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Volume VI of a comprehensive study of Pakistan's irrigation system presents appendices which provide a wide range of information, background and raw data concerning farmers' responses to irrigation constraints appearing in companion volumes. Appendix I reports methods and sample, concepts...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Farm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. V: Farmer Responses to Major Constraints: Viable Options... Conditions

Published: 
September 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Part of a field study on the irrigation system in Pakistan, Volume V examines the existing options which farmers exercise in order to control erratic water supplies, and presents a comprehensive watercourse improvement program. Four existing water control options are described: (1) water purchasing...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Improving Irrigation Management of Farms: Annual Technical Report, 1977/1978

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the accomplishments of the Mona Reclamation Experimental Project, a project to develop a fund of water management information and gain experience in the factor limiting or accelerating its adaptation in new countries. Pakistan was the country where the study was implemented.Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Improving Agricultural Production through Farm Water Management

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
This booklet describes the benefits of irrigation system improvement for on-farm management in Pakistan. The major technical procedures that were used in the study to accomplish the improvements have included watercourse rehabilitation, land leveling, better field water application methods and...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Watercourse Improvement in Pakistan; Pilot Study in Cooperation With Farmers At Tubewell 56L

Published: 
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Over half the water supplied to the watercourse at Tubewell 56L was lost before it reached the farmers' fields. This loss was primarily through the upper porous portions of the banks and in the vicinity of junctions where banks were thin. The 35 farmers in the 900-acre area served by this...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Institutional Framework for Improved on - Farm Water Management in Pakistan

Published: 
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Sufficient data has been collected and analyzed to define some of the major irrigation water management problems in Pakistan, as well as the technologies that could be employed to correct many of these problems. Thus, there is a strong basis for undertaking a program of improved on-farm water...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

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