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.

Agriculture Resources

Institutional Framework for Improved on - Farm Water Management in Pakistan

Publication date:
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado 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/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Water Constraints to Corn Production in Central Brazil

Publication date:
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The area around Brasilia, Brazil is representative of millions of hectares in the tropics with very acid soils of extremely low fertility. The unfavorable water supplying properties of these soils together with the occurrence of wet season dry periods and limitations to root growth due to aluminum...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Water Availability and Soil Suitability for Irrigation Water Impoundments in the Federal DistrICT of Brazil

Publication date:
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Agriculture on the Central Plateau of Brazil is poorly developed. The main reasons are the poor soil fertility and the high aluminum toxicity of the soils, restricting the rooting depth of many crops. Shallow rooting is responsible for the occurrence of serious soil-water stress conditions, even in...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Calibration and Application of the Jensen - Haise Evapotranspiration Equation

Publication date:
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
TO ESTIMATE THE CONSUMPTION USE OF VARIOUS CROPS USING CLIMATIC DATA, A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AFTER CALIBRATING THE JENSEN-HAISE EQUATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) DETERMINE MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE (T) FROM DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON AND...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Optimum Utilization of Water for Agriculture, With Emphasis on On-Farm Water Management; Annual Technical Report, 1974/1975

Publication date:
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The report details findings on optimum utilization of water for agriculture, finding evidence that in developing countries there is an urgent need for more food and better nutrition. Food production is closely linked to the water available for transpiration by the growing crop and the water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Energy Inputs to Irrigation

Publication date:
December 1, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
Energy inputs to irrigation are dramatically increasing as irrigated agriculture expands to meet world food demands and more sophisticated technologies are developed to increase water use efficiency. In this study nine irrigation systems, designed for a specific land area, are analyzed and the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Water Runs Down Hill and Evaporates: Human Organization and the Management of Water Environments

Publication date:
July 31, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is concerned with such an approach to the institutional and organizational requirements of irrigated agriculture. To deal with this concern, several related topics will be discussed. First, a brief look at some historical attempts at irrigation development are presented. Next, a more...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

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