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

Nepal's Small and Medium Scale Irrigation Sector: Report of the Special U.S. Review Team

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
In June 1984, three U.S. experts conducted an in-country study of Nepal's small and medium scale irrigation sector and assessed its needs for assistance. The team's key conclusions, presented herein, are: (1) Irrigation water management is the most neglected aspect of Nepal's water...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Senegal River Basin Irrigation Review: Draft

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.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
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving Policies and Programs for the Development of Small-Scale Irrigation Systems

Published: 
September 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Small-scale irrigation projects often face serious programming problems such as escalating recurrent costs, inflexible design, nonfunctioning irrigation groups, inadequate agency capacity, and, most critically and ambiguously of all, the problem of determining the optimal mix of state and local...Read more

Selected Alternatives for Irrigated Agricultural Development in Azua Valley, Dominican Republic

Published: 
August 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Findings of a 2-week study to define options - primarily through public sector channels - for increasing the productivity of irrigated farming in the Dominican Republic's Azua Valley are summarized. The Valley's agricultural system and existing and planned irrigation infrastructure are...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt

Published: 
August 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
An analytical model for assessing alternative water lifting systems in Egypt, designed for use by policymakers, is presented. The procedure computes the cost of lifting water from tertiary delivery canals to farmers' fields on the basis of a combination of 23 variables: economic factors,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water Tables in Egypt

Published: 
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
High water table levels presenting hazards to crop growth were measured at field sites in upper, middle, and lower Egypt. Water table contribution to evapotranspiration was significant at each site. A water balance model of the water table aquifer was used to predict the effect of various...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Niger Irrigation Subsector Assessment

Published: 
July 1, 1984
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
Regional focus: 
NigerSub-Saharan Africa

Optimal Design of Border Irrigation Systems

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
A procedure combining simulation and mathematical programming to derive an optimal irrigation system design given scarce resources is described. A hydraulics simulation model for surface irrigation was used to develop relationships between water requirement efficiency and the system design...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Women's Roles in Irrigated Agriculture: 1984 Diagnostic Analysis Workshop, Dahod Tank Irrigation Project, Madhya Pradesh, India

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Both the government of India and international donors have become increasingly aware of the importance of women's roles in agricultural production. Anumber of studies in South Asia have shown these roles are changing with agricultural development.Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Considerations of Various. Soil Properties for the Irrigation Management of Vertisols

Published: 
May 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Most of the irrigated soils of the Nile River Delta are classified by the U.S. Soil Taxonomy as vertisols. For proper irrigation management, the extensive cracking exhibited by these soils upon drying requires an understanding of how crack formations affect, among other factors, infiltration,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

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