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
Soil and Water Conservation Program for Northeast Thailand: Project Objectives, Designs, and Strategies
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October 20, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
Thailand is one of the world's leading exporters of agricultural produce--fiber and food crops. With the exception of rice, an important part of these export crops are produced in the Northeast and has resulted in widespread deforestation. Much of the cleared land has been planted to cassava...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: General Asian Overview
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May 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Four papers on A.I.D.'s irrigation investment options and strategies for Asia are presented. The first two papers review, respectively, reports prepared by interdisciplinary study teams for Bangladesh, Northwest India, Pakistan, and Northeast Thailand and reports prepared by an Asia Bureau...Read more
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East Asia and PacificIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Thailand
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June 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A five-point USAID strategy to improve paddy farming in Northeast Thailand is detailed. The strategy calls for: (1) rehabilitating and/or completing existing small-scale irrigation systems with emphasis on on-farm water distribution; (2) developing new small-scale irrigation systems, i.e.,...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificIrrigation Projects Document Review: East Asia
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February 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and assisted by USAID. Utah State University and Colorado State University served as lead universities for the project. This report focuses on findings in East Asia.Read more
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East Asia and PacificGrant Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the United States of America for Simple Irrigation
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December 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
The project grant agreement between Indonesia and the United States for a simple irrigation project. Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificKorean Irrigation
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December 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
The irrigation project evaluated in this report was designed to help South Korea become self-sufficient in rice and barley and to raise farm incomes. Fifty-five irrigation works including pumping systems, drainage, reservoir construction, and land reclamation were completed. All were small (and in...Read more
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Korea, Dem. Rep., East Asia and PacificJratunseluna Basin Updated Development Plan: Appendix B, Agriculture and Irrigation
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May 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
The Directorate General of Water Resources Development (DGWRD) of the Ministry of Public Works, Government of Indonesia (GOI) contracted PRC Engineering Consultants, Inc. (PRC/EI) to provide consulting engineering services for preparing an integrated development plan for the Tuntang/Jragung Rivers...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificReport of a Planning Workshop on Irrigation Water Management
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January 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
Irrigation expansion has become vital to agricultural development in the major rice-growing countries over the last 10-15 years. As part of its efforts to increase irrigation efficiency and eliminate the technical, economic, and socio-institutional problems that impede rice production, the...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificRecommendation on the Improvement of the Barit River Irrigation System, Bicol River Basin, Philippines; Volume Ii, Annex a: Production and Income of Farm Households in the Barit River Irrigation System
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August 1, 1977U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes several characteristics of households and related farm management characteristics of households which cultivate land within the project area of the Barit River Irrigation System (BRIS), Nabua, Camarines Sur, Philippines. The information contained in this report is primarily...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificRecommendation on the Improvement of the Barit River Irrigation System, Bicol River Basin, Philippines; Volume Ii, Annex B: Procedures for Economic Analysis
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May 1, 1977U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines the procedures for economic analysis in relation to Volume II of the Bicol River Basin project in the Philippines.Read more
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