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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Irrigation Water Production Functions: Report on a Training Course
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April 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
In Spring 1985, a 3-person team from Utah State University's International Irrigation Center presented a course in agricultural water production functions at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. This report briefly describes the course's field practice component, which...Read more
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South East AsiaStudy of Recurrent Cost Problems in Irrigation Systems, Sri Lanka: Final Report
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February 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
There are no Government sponsored credit schemes for the irrigated food production sector. There is a floor price scheme of the Government where Rs. 62.50 is paid for a bushel of paddy. But substantial quantities of paddy are sold by farmers to private traders in the open market. There are also...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaDevelopment of Irrigated Agriculture in Mauritania: General Overview and Prospects, Proposals for a Second Program 1980-1985
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper covers the development of irrigated agriculture in Mauritania. Mauritania's food situation as regards cereals is precarious, as was highlighted dramatically during the drought years of the 1970's. Minimum overall needs are estimated at 180,000 tons, against an average output in...Read more
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Mauritania, Sub-Saharan AfricaDevelopment of Irrigated Agriculture in Niger: General Overview and Prospects, Proposals for a Second Program, 1980-1985
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the development of irrigated agriculture in Niger. The trend of developing areas for irrigation remains slow both for meeting the population's food needs and in view of overall development possibilities which are of the order of 220,000 hectares. The total irrigated area is...Read more
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Niger, Sub-Saharan AfricaDevelopment of Irrigated Agriculture in Senegal: General Overview and Prospects, Proposals for a Second Program, 1980-1985
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This report looks at the development of irrigated agriculture in Senegal. At the Third Conference of the Club du Sahel in Amsterdam in November 1978, the meeting recalled that the main objective of the development strategy of the Sahel is an increase in crop production. In the 1979 Work Program,...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaIrrigation in Southern Africa: an Annotated Bibliography
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a bibliography of articles related to: increased agricultural output, food security, irrigation, socio-economic and institutional aspects of irrigated agriculture in Southern Africa.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSmall-Scale Irrigation Development
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November 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Design elements of a proposed A.I.D. small-scale irrigation development project in West Java and Eastern and Western Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, are presented. The report analyzes the proposed project's overall institutional and social setting, provides a technical analysis of irrigation...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificReview of Irrigation Facilities Operation and Maintenance for Jordan Valley Authority
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November 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
At the invitation of the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), an A.I.D. consultant team visited the Jordan Valley to conduct a review of irrigation systems operation and maintenance (O&M). The review surveys, and recommends upgrading the main and subsystem O&M of, the irrigation projects in the...Read more
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Jordan, Middle East and North AfricaImproving Policies and Programs for the Development of Small-Scale Irrigation Systems
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September 1, 1984U.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
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August 1, 1984U.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
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