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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Principles Into Practice: Impact Evaluations of Agriculture Projects
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October 1, 2012Millennium Challenge Corporation
The U.S. Government is committed to learning what works to reduce poverty and increase food security through agriculture investments. There are many tools for learning from program experience. However, impact evaluations are central to a learning agenda that moves beyond business-as-usual...Read more
Southern Zone Water Management (SZWM)
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November 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached interim evaluation of a project to improve farmer utilization of water and agricultural recovery of fertile valley lands in the southern regions of Ziguinchor and Kolda, Senegal. The evaluation covered the period 1988-2/94. After a slow start, the project has begun to achieve...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaMethodology for Participatory Evaluation of O&M in Distributary and Field Canals
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July 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
During a tour of d- and f- canals, the Managing Director of MEA requested MARD to propose a low cost method of evaluating the state of tertiary system maintenance in System B. MARD's staff worked for several months, in consultation with MEA engineers and farmers' organizations, developing...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaParticipatory Rural Appraisal for Irrigation Management Research
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January 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
The presenl paper focuses on one appralsal methodology: Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), and on its use for Irrigation Management Research (IMR). As will be discussed in the following sections, to link these two topics requires two initial c1arif?cations. The first clarification relates to lhe...Read more
Irrigation Systems Management Project, Phase II, Project Number 391-0467: Report on End-of-Project Workshop, Pearl Continental Hotel, Bhurban, [Pakistan], 18-19 April 1993
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April 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
An End-of-Project Workshop for the Irrigation Systems Management Project - Phase II (ISM-II) was held on April 18 and 19, 1993 at the Pearl-Continental Hotel in Bhurban near Murree. The purpose of this workshop was to elicit comments, evaluations, and recommendations from officials of the PIDs and...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaTraining Needs Assessment for the Ministry of Irrigation, Arab Republic of Egypt
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February 20, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
The key findings of this assessment from Egypt are; -Technical training in the Ministry has been largely limited to professional civil engineers, and technicians -Prior to 1982, engineers were trained by their supervisors through an informal on the job training process. - Top management of the...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaNiger Irrigation Subsector Assessment
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July 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The three specific objectives of the workshop were: (1) to examine ways in which concerns about complex relationships between water and human welfare could be integrated in the planning, design, operation and evaluation of irrigation and related water supply and sanitation projects; (2) to identify...Read more
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Niger, Sub-Saharan AfricaIrrigation Assistance to Developing Countries Should Require Stronger Commitments to Operation and Maintenance
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August 29, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
Effective operation and maintenance requires a commitment by both the aid recipient and the donor. GAO found several problems affecting the performance of irrigation systems in each country visited, which raises questions concerning the level of capability and commitment that actually exists.Read more
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East Asia and PacificDraft Generic Scopes of Work for Interim Evaluations of Research/Extension Projects and Major Surface Water Irrigation Projects
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January 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is the increased use of economically and ecologically viable improved food production systems and technologies, capable of providing a food surplus, through an integrated research/extension program capable of evolving and disseminating practices suited to existing small...Read more
Report of the Egyptian Irrigation Management Systems By the USAID Design Team: Manpower Development and Training
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May 9, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, CH2M HILL
A design is presented for a Manpower Development and Training Program (MDTP), part of a proposed A.I.D. project (Irrigation Systems Management) to upgrade the institutional capabilities of Egypt's Ministry of Irrigation (MOI). The design team recommends that the MOI meet short-term needs for...Read more
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