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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Irrigation Management in Relation to Waterlogging and Salinity
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September 1, 1989U.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
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Pakistan, South East AsiaUSAID and World Bank Workshop on Training Needs and Strategies for Irrigated Agriculture, Washington, Dc, June 1-3, 1988
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December 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
During the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Congress at Casablanca, Morocco in September of 1987 Worth Fitzgerald of A.I.D. and Peter Sun of the Economic Development Institute (World Bank) invited a number of people to discuss the prospect of holding a "Workshop on Training...Read more
Irrigation in Asia and the Near East in the 1990'S: Problems and Prospects
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August 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Food grain production has grown at percent per year In Asia and the Near East for the past two a sharp difference of decades. At the present time there is to what the future holds for agriculture in this opinion as region. This difference of opinion is closely linked to uncertainties associated...Read more
Role of Irrigation in the Agricultural Development of Asia
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August 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Throughout Asia, irrigation has been the lead input in growth of cereal yield. In the 13 Asian nations included for analysis, all of the countries appear to lie on virtually the same irrigation/ fertilizer/HYV production function. Many observers believe that improved efficiency of water use through...Read more
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South East AsiaIrrigation Management Research in Sri Lanka: a Review of Selected Literature
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June 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
In support of A.I.D.'s Irrigation Systems Management Project in Sri Lanka, a select literature review of key irrigation issues was conducted. The review focused on literature since 1978 (the year of Chambers' influential study of water management in Sri Lanka) and describes progress made...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaSenegal River Basin Irrigation Review: Draft
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October 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Senegal (GOS) wishes to increase the national level of food self-sufficiency. In view of climatic constraints one of the ways to ensure and to increase crop production is through irrigation. The GOS targeted the Senegal Valley for development of irrigated agriculture at the rate...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaEconomics of Local Control of Irrigation Water in Pakistan: a Pilot Study
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January 1, 1982U.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
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Pakistan, South East AsiaColorado State University Agricultural Experiment Station
Colorado State University
Conducts research that addresses the economic viability, environmental sustainability, and social acceptability of activities impacting agriculture, natural resources, and consumers in Colorado.Read more
One-Quarter of World's Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas
World Resources Institute
This document provides analytical insight into WRI's Agricultural Commodities Map that reveals the tension between water availability and agricultural production...Read more
Addressing Water for Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin
Colorado State University
USDA research project that looks at agricultural water conservation in the Colorado River Basin.Read more
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