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
Report of the Egyptian Irrigation Management Systems By the USAID Design Team: Main Report; Egyptian Irrigation Systems Operation, Maintenance, and Structural Replacement
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May 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, CH2M HILL
A USAID team worked with the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) to design a program to improve irrigation water use in medium size structures in the country's old lands irrigated area. Examining issues of irrigation system operation, maintenance, and structural replacement, the team...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaImpact of Irrigation on Development: Issues for a Comprehensive Evaluation Study
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October 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
Although irrigation can greatly improve the world's capacity to feed itself by increasing agricultural production, most irrigation projects fall short of this goal. These failures are due sometimes to defective design, but more often to the expense involved, poor management and leadership, and...Read more
Data Base and Research Methodology for an Assessment of the Lower Moulouya Irrigation Project
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January 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource provides an example of the methodology used to assess an area for an irrigation project based on historical trends and analysis of the recent past, .Read more
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Morocco, Middle East and North AfricaEvaluation Study of the Nam Tan Irrigation Project, Sayaboury Province, Laos
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May 1, 1974U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to provide an evaluation study of the irrigation development of 2,200 hectares of irrigable land and make recommendations for the best development possibility of the project.Read more
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Laos, East Asia and PacificIrrigation Practices Seminars 1956-1970, an Evaluation
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March 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
Some progress ahs been made on the development of institutions and people so that substantial improvement has been realized, water management on the farm-including irrigation practices-remains a bottleneck to increased agricultural production in most developing countries. There are three arenas of...Read more
Drip Irrigation Trials in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng 2005-2006
iDE
In this project, iDE cooperated with local farmers and farmer groups to set up and monitor field trials of drip irrigation systems in two locations in Cambodia during the 2005-2006 dry season. Low-cost drip irrigation holds promise as a means for increasing water use Productivity and Efficiency,...Read more
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Cambodia, East Asia and PacificDoes Micro-Irrigation Matter? a Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluation in Zambia
iDE
This study is an evaluation of the impact of micro-irrigation technology investment, farmer-group membership, and agricultural training on various measures of household income, crop production, crop diversification, and value added for an innovative project conduced by iDE with smallholder farmers...Read more
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Zambia, Sub-Saharan AfricaIrrigation and Human Welfare: a Workshop Report
U.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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