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
Rain-fed Resources Development Project: Project Assistance Completion Report
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR for a project (9/82-9/91) to support community-based land and water management in upland forest, rain fed agricultural areas, and coastal zones in the Philippines. The project was divided into two cycles. Cycle I (1983-86) was mainly institution building for resource monitoring, policy...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificIrrigated Agriculture and Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka: Vision for the Next Decade and Beyond
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose an overall vision, a set of broad guidelines, principles, and objectives, for the future direction of irrigated agriculture policy in Sri Lanka, with an emphasis on irrigation management. The main focus of the vision is on irrigation management, especially...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaInstitutional Framework for Management of Irrigation Systems and Building Farmers' Organizations
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the second of the ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of eight staff working papers on the issues related to this topic. The paper describes the institutional arrangements for irrigation management at the policy and field levels and in all...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaAchieving High Performance: Strategies for Operation and Maintenance and Rehabilitation and Modernization of Irrigation Systems
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the third of the ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to this topic, i.e., strategies for operation and maintenance (O&M) and rehabilitation and modernization (R&M). The purpose of this...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaModernizing the Irrigated Agriculture Sector: Transformations at the Macro-Institutional Level
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fourth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on five Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. Many factors affect the productivity and profitability of irrigated agriculture, but it is generally agreed...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaAchieving High Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture: A Program of Research and Development (R&D) for Technology Generation and Diffusion
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fifth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. The overall goal of irrigated agricultural research must be the production of research results that can...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaHuman Resources Development in Irrigated Agriculture Sector: Achieving the Potential
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the sixth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. This document highlights the significance of human resources development (HRD) in enhancing the performance of...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaAnnual Report 1991: International Irrigation Management Institute
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This report presents details of the achievements of the International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) during 1991. The first section focuses on programs of thematic research carried out by the Institute in several developing countries. The second section describes IIMI's country...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaTraining Resource Book on a Participatory Method for Modeling Bio Resource Flows
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This training resource book was developed for people working with farmers in farming systems research and extension. It deals specifically with a farmer-participatory method for constructing pictorial models. The model, in this case, concerns bio resource flows between aquaculture and agriculture...Read more
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United StatesFinal Report: Salomekko Irrigation Project Environmental Assessment
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December 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
The major objective of this environmental assessment is to inquire whether there are any probable major negative impacts of this irrigation project on the environment. This report also assesses possible negative impacts of the environment on the function and efficiency of the project. Once harmful...Read more
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