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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Project Assistance Close-Out Report of Irrigation Systems Management Project, Sri Lanka, Project No. 383-0080

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (8/86-6/92) to improve the management of irrigation systems in Sri Lanka. The project was implemented by the Ministry of Lands, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development (MLIMD), Irrigation Management Division (IMD), the Irrigation Department (ID), Sheladia Associates, Inc. (SAI), and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri Lanka, South East Asia

Project Assistance Close-Out Report of Irrigation Systems Management Project, Sri Lanka

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (8/86-12/92) to improve the management of irrigation systems in Sri Lanka. The project was implemented by the Ministry of Lands, Irrigation, and Mahaweli Development (MLIMD). The project's central and most successful element was its development of Farmer Organizations (FOs)...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri Lanka, South East Asia

Final Report: On-Farm Irrigation Development Assistance

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
In March of 1990, a contract was entered into between the contractor and USAID/Honduras for services to the Government of Honduras in the development of on-farm irrigation systems. The work was to be done through the PRORIEGO program, sponsored by USAID and the Government of Honduras and under the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Honduras, Latin America and the Caribbean

Final Evaluation of Irrigation Development Project, Proriego, Project No. 522-0268

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Final external evaluation of a project (1986-9/930 to upgrade irrigation technology in Honduras. Irrigation systems were constructed on 5,255 ha, and three irrigation districts in Comayagua Valley were rehabilitated, leading to increased production and productivity, mainly in export crops. Export...Read more
Regional focus: 
Honduras, Latin America and the Caribbean

Supplemental Irrigation

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
On August 31, 1988 a Project Agreement was signed between USAID and the Ministry of Economic Affairs on behalf of the Government of Morocco to build 10 Supplemental Irrigation Systems in rain fed areas. The main outputs of the Project were to be 10 small dams in the region where USAID was already...Read more
Regional focus: 
Morocco, Middle East and North Africa

Ninth Amendment to Grant Agreement Between The Arab Republic of Egypt and The United States of America for Irrigation Management Systems

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this is to increase agricultural output with improved systems, increase efficiency of water delivery and use in agriculture, and improve equity among farmers. RIIP will plan, design, and construct improved, operationally efficient irrigation systems. It builds on the experience of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation Management Systems [IMS]: Amendment No. 3

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
To date, AGR/ILD has taken action on the conditionality and the directed evaluation. The II P component evaluation will occur in mid August 1993 and will address concerns such as cost/benefit of the II P component given the large reduction in targeted area, direct impact on the farmer,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation Systems Management -- Command Water Management Component

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached final evaluation (XD-ABG-919-A) of the command water management (CWM) component of the Irrigation Systems Management Project in India. The CWM component was to provide the basis for relevant agencies to cooperate with water users in better matching available irrigation water...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Policy Alternatives for Pump Irrigation in Indonesia

Published: 
May 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
With more than 5 million ha of land now irrigated, the rapid expansion of gravity irrigation in Indonesia is over. But the government still faces the problem of extending irrigated agriculture to the poorer and drier areas of eastern Indonesia. This study assesses past and present experience with...Read more
Regional focus: 
Indonesia, East Asia and Pacific

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

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.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
Regional focus: 
Pakistan, South East Asia

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